Last week I to find the cars on eBay - under $15,000 - with the highest top speed, and were the results ever surprising. Here are ten cars that are both stupid fast and stupid cheap.

is something that every red-blooded car enthusiast should experience several times in life, preferably in anger. Derestricted, it can hit 200 miles per hour and it has massaging seats. This particular car isn't on eBay, .

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9. 1991 BMW 850i

Here's a . It can achieve upwards of 175 mph, with no mechanical modifications. Yours for under the price of a used Honda Civic.

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8. 1990 Corvette ZR1

It's a Corvette with a dual overhead cam engine, and more importantly, it's a C4 Vette that can do the better part of 180 mph, with a 0-60 under 4 and a half seconds. , and an . Either one is an awesome get.

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7. 1989 Land Speed Racer

Here's a built in the late 80s by Van Stohr, and used a Quad-4 Motor, powered by methanol. Although the drivetrain isn't in it, the price is low enough that you'd have a few thousand left over to put whatever crazy powerplant in it and hit the salt flats doing speeds normally reserved for commercial aircraft.

Although this one isn't on eBay, you can .

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6. 1988 Pontiac Trans Am

Here's a that is far from a performer in stock form, but can be turned into one hell of a speed machine. I have to let explain:

The third gen Trans Ams have always been popular speed record cars, because they are very slippery and don't make much lift. Kuegel and LeFefers have pushed a stock bodied Trans Am past 300 mph at Bonneville.

They are also popular the less afluent standing mile guys. For aero, you are going to want to get the W68 option groundeffects kit from a w62 option 1992 TA (looks like building a complete set on EBay will be around another 300 bucks), but for purposes of down force, you will want to keep the more aggressive spoiler this older car is equipped with. Then you will want to refresh the suspension, lower it as far as you are comfortable with, and fit narrow but aggressive tires on low drag wheels like Daytona Aerowheels from an 83 Daytona TA, findable for a grand on EBay.

The remaining 13 grand spend on a cage, buckets, harnesses, hans device, fire suppression, built trans, built rear end, and the hottest junkyard turbo LS based truck motor your fabrication and bargin finding skills can fit into the budget. Chose your final drive ratio depending on what you do, top speed or standing mile.

Seems like a pretty damn solid plan.

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5. Porsche 928

This is the . Its huge 32 valve V8 will get the car to around 170 mph, all while towing its loud 80s styling with it. had one, and so should every budding gearhead with a few dollars in their pocket.

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4. 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton W12

It's a . Without the limiter, it can do 201 miles per hour, as quoted by car culture deity Jeremy Clarkson. And he's never wrong.

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3. 2003 Mercedes S600

This car is the most surprising car I've ever driven. It's the epitome of huge car and huger engine. It massages your lower back. It cools your butt. And it does 180+ miles per hour, without a limiter, and even more with a few off-the shelf tuning options for its 5.5 liter biturbo V12. , since they command much more of a premium on this side of the country. Don't be scared of the more expensive maintenance schedules, this one is freaking worth it.

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2. 2011 Suzuki Hayabusa 1300 R

I am fully aware that this isn't a car, but if speed is what you're after, it's and gets a near-200 mph top speed without too much of a fuss. Two wheels very good.

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1. 2004 Cadillac CTS-V

This is , and it was actually not a bad alternative. The interior quality was spectacular, and the performance of the LS6 under the hood got the car to a near 170 mph top speed, bone stock. With longer gearing and some key mechanical mods, it could certainly hit that 200 mph top speed, for way less than the price of a current base model CTS.

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