EV-Controls.com built a Factory Five 818C with 2 Tesla electric motors, 2 Chevy Volt battery packs and it did a quarter-mile run in 9.3 seconds at 137.9 mph.

Factory Five will give you $500 off the purchase of your kit when you attend the build school. That means your three-day build school would cost you only $200 out of pocket in the end.

The ingenuity of those who want to go fast is something to be admired. Take, for example, one plucky company that combined Factory Five's 818C kit car with powertrain components from both a Tesla ...

But Factory Five has a Subaru-powered alternative that might catch your eye. Called the 818C, it's a tube frame kit car with a fiberglass body and a Subaru WRX or WRX STI engine mounted right ...