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Low, low budget 10 sec rides
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03/25/11 07:54 AM
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6PACMAC
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: BradH]
#958308
03/25/11 10:43 AM
03/25/11 10:43 AM
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Pittsburgh PA
Eric
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My old Duster....3270# Dana 4.56's...Caltracs...13/31 Mickeys...9.5-1 446...TRW slugs...MP.509...Proform bodied 750...2" Hooker fenderwalls...M1...OOTB Eddy RPM's...Coan 5200 stall...727 w/Tranzact brake...
Car ran 10.60's at 124 on 100 octane pump gas 1.40 60's
5.53 @ 125 1/8th on the launch control..more left in her!
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: 6PACMAC]
#958309
03/25/11 10:45 AM
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Sask, Can.
72demon416
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Quote:
low dollar 10 second cars
That's a bit of a oxymoron isn't it? 
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: 72demon416]
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03/25/11 10:53 AM
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Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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Quote:
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low dollar 10 second cars
That's a bit of a oxymoron isn't it?
Just make the car light enough and you could probably
do it with a stock 318
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: 6PACMAC]
#958311
03/25/11 12:16 PM
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Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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 low weigh a-body... 10:1 440, 509 hydro or 557 solid cam, decent heads, 1 7/8 headers, 3800 stall, good trans w/ manual valve body and 4.10's That should get you in the 10's. Not sure it's all that cheap. I guess one could build a mid-11 second motor and hit it w/ a 150 shot too.
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: 6PACMAC]
#958312
03/25/11 12:36 PM
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organ
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low dollar is relative. i've done it as cheaply as humanly possible, but it ain't cheap. i've used good parts, and have done all the work myself. i haven't added up my receipts because i don't want to, but count on spending ~7 large on the engine (at least), 2 grand on the tranny, 2 grand on the rearend, a couple grand on wheels, tires, cage, outfitting the car (doing the work yourself, of course), plus the purchase price of the car. my combo is a 496 "a" body. 10.33:1, ported (by me) edelbrock closed chamber heads, 509 cam, 1.6 rockers, mighty demon carb, m1 intake, hooker super comp 2" primary fenderwells, dual 3.5 exhaust, moser 60, 3.73 with spool, 35 spline, 30" tall m/t et streets, 727 with lots of billet from crt, tci ultimate street fighter convertor 4400 stall (there's close to a grand right there- don't skimp on your convertor!), 3.5 dom steel drive shaft, forged solid 1350 u joints, 10 point cage, street legal with working horn, lights, wipers, and it runs easy tens all day long. i drive it to the track (50 miles each way).
for what is the good life if not doing things thoughtfully?
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: maximum entropy]
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03/25/11 12:55 PM
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Wisconsin
Garceau
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Well damn - its not that difficult.
In high school I had a dart
To save money put in a roll bar that was sitting at a local shop forever and got a good deal on it. It was for a 69 camaro and the measurements all worked out.
Car was all steel with plexiglass windows (couldnt afford lexan)
440 with 11.5:1 TRW pistons, steel 452 heads with home port job (I probably hurt them more than anything)torker intake, stock ignition, 850 holley DP
727 with shift kit, and some worn out used converter someone gave me
Cheap fiberglass seat, all interior stripped, alum dash, pro stick shifter
8.75 rear for A body with stock axles redrilled by Moser. Swap meet wheels, no spool in rear, 5 gallon fuel cell and batteries in trunk.
Stock leaf springs with pinion snumbber
Car weighed 2850 without me. So at the time 3000....car was very capable of high 10s in good air. Not knowing anything, and being a broke ass high school kid I was happy as hell.
It even looked pretty good. Just was NOTHING fancy or NOTHING that wasnt needed. Everything was boughten at swap meets, traded with friends or was given old worn out parts. Hell the trans just had a shift kit in it.
1.50 sixty foots, with posi and stock rear leafs, we added some extra leafs to beef it up. No idea if that helped or hurt....LOL
Sold that car rolling for 1500 bucks.
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: Garceau]
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03/25/11 01:15 PM
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A guy I used to race against had what I beleive to be the cheapest 10.00 bracket car in existance. A well used roadster drag car, and a bone stock Buick 430 with nothing more than a cam in it. All the guy had in it other than stock may have been a converter and slicks? Had I the need, I would hunt for a used roadster, a running boneyard 400, cast iron intake, thermoquad and all. A spare 340 converter, (in the shed) stock heads with valves back cut, a mild cam, reworked carb,some cheap headers, and have a ball. A two step and line lock, and you are in business! 
Last edited by gregsdart; 03/25/11 01:17 PM.
8..603 156 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky
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Re: Low, low budget 10 sec rides
[Re: maximum entropy]
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03/25/11 01:26 PM
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bigfork mn
dragram440
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low dollar is relative. i've done it as cheaply as humanly possible, but it ain't cheap. i've used good parts, and have done all the work myself. i haven't added up my receipts because i don't want to, but count on spending ~7 large on the engine (at least), 2 grand on the tranny, 2 grand on the rearend, a couple grand on wheels, tires, cage, outfitting the car (doing the work yourself, of course), plus the purchase price of the car. my combo is a 496 "a" body. 10.33:1, ported (by me) edelbrock closed chamber heads, 509 cam, 1.6 rockers, mighty demon carb, m1 intake, hooker super comp 2" primary fenderwells, dual 3.5 exhaust, moser 60, 3.73 with spool, 35 spline, 30" tall m/t et streets, 727 with lots of billet from crt, tci ultimate street fighter convertor 4400 stall (there's close to a grand right there- don't skimp on your convertor!), 3.5 dom steel drive shaft, forged solid 1350 u joints, 10 point cage, street legal with working horn, lights, wipers, and it runs easy tens all day long. i drive it to the track (50 miles each way).
Im with you. Maybe you can do it for cheaper but it wont last long and might not be real safe. 
67' charger 499 RB
10.57 at 127
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