Need Advice on Low(er) Budget Race Build

One of the old mags. ran an article "10 sec caddy" all they did was take more and more metal off the car. The car had a basic engine, and if I recall the article right They succeded just by removing weight. I have a 67 cuda that is gutted with a mild 440 (cam, carb, and hookers) It ran 7.50s in the 1/8th. It had a 3000 stall and a 4:10 dana 60.forgot thio
---- I think it was 12's and Mopar Action (I think) ,took an Imperial and stripped it (all but 1/2 the grille they couldn't get off) and beat the caddies numbers by like a 1/2 sec.