best performance gain for the $ was used HughesGM95 gained .5 in the 1/8th

Best parts I can thing of buying to date were my beadlocks. Hopefully my new Santhuff shocks will be a close second if not first!!

Ryan J's port work on my heads.

mallory 140 with return regulator, fuel ine and AN fittings about $500
meziere water pump $180
money left over for gas

oops, MT drag radials also

Thanks to Sixpackgut, I'd have to say M/T Street Radials and new 15 x 10 Weld Prostars to go with them.
It was good for 2 tenths!!
I am now a beleiver!

PST suspension rebuild kit, sway bars and biggest MP torsion bars you can find. An old car feels like an old car unless it handles like a new one. Nothing more fun than tossing the dart through a typical tight 90 degree corner at 60km (36MPH) without hitting the brakes. Something that would surely be scraping door handles on the road before this.

Enginewise, the last $1000 bucks I really enjoyed was the new Intake. Just a $200 weiand tunnel ram (converted to EFI of course), but damn that sucker looks like it means business under the hood.

And I'm about to find out if my junk yard cobbled Hydroboost system (less than $500 canadian total) will make this car stand on it's nose when I hit the brakes.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/zbhansen/temp/DartNewMotorInstalled.JPG

Greg

MT street radials first for a street car, converter for both street and strip and then
NOS...Phill

On the race car my ATI converter. My then converter was junk and the ATI 8" 5200 picked up .3 and 4 mph. turned the launch into an animal that took the installation of a anti roll bar to get a handle on it.

It was more than a 1000 but it was the best investment I ever made for the car and me!

down payment on my heads.

Car Lift

As mentioned above, a grand doesn't go far these days!!

On my Challenger, I got every penny out of the 1250$ I paid for that set of Edelbrock Performer RPM's 8 or 9 years ago, huge improvement over the cracked, wore out, overported 906's and 915's I was using previously. I'd also say I've really enjoyed the 1105$ I laid out for my Bogart racing D-6 wheels. Had 'em on the car for 3 years, and I'm still the only guy with them at any race I've attended..lots of compliments!!

On the Valiant, The first thing I upgraded when I re-did the car was the 904, I replaced the ancient blanket with a CSR Carbon shield, and put in a Griner Pro-Tree, LBA brake, and a Cheetah Shifter. Again, a little more than a grand, but well worth it.

hmm the best 1000 ive spent on the car...well i bought the car for 1k and ive put about 250 bucks towards getting it running and primered, plus rims and tires....

thanks for all the replies. i think im stuck on spending the money on new exhaust or suspension to make it handle. just in case anyone is curious its a 72 cuda, 416 home ported heads etc. , 4 speed, 3.23 gears

BRAKES!!!...if you have antiquated ones...you still need to stop...

i have thought about brakes too, but for brakes i want 13" rotors and all that, but have yet to find a kit that has the same track width as stock, which would need new wheels driving the cost well over a grand

and on a side note, why does my attachment not work?

440 source stealth heads.............
Twin turbo 440

so far aerospace brakes on all 4 corners! next is gonna be making room for bigger tires and ladder bar coil over suspension, probably gonna be more but gotta have good chassis to make it all work!

I'd buy a set of 4.10-4.30 gears if the goal is to go fast. Also a set of good shocks.