Help me hook this thing up... I have the Chevy guys gunnin' for me...

Valid points Jpar. Talk is cheap.
I'm not a 'racer' although I have raced a few times at our local 500' track and more times than I care to admit on the street when I was younger. I'll be fine. They're not 'racers' either.
Correct Bob, the Camaro (beautiful car) is tough. Pretty sure he has one of these in it... and the fella knows how to drive. It's a standard though so there's room for error there and he's not running sticky tires, 2 potential advantages. I was thinking MT SS tires for mine.
I'm posting these questions to get my combination as good as it can be.
Now about the trans and gears... :)

the 502 crate motors are dogs. the bigger stroker , kinda depends. The big small block is probly the one that`ll get you You need traction, headflow, cam, compression, and did I say heads ?

Yes I was talking about the original posters Buddies. If his Chevy buddies are anything like my Chevy buddies they talk a lot of big talk but when it's time to come out to the track they have no idea what they're doing. And my point was just going to be taking a daily driver and getting some experience at the track. And getting comfortable with lining up. I would say nine times out of 10 if you give a guy a 12 second car with a lot of experience he'll beet the guy with the 10-second car that has never actually had it at the track.