10's on $5,000 ?

I agree with the cheap motor 440 combos that use all stock parts. I helped a friend on some decisions for a cheap build and his 3800 lb roadrunner went 11.40s first outing with stock stamped rockers and stock pushrods using a 268. @ .050 duration .540 lift hydraulic cam and plunge cut ( not even bowl ported!) 452 heads from Herb McCandless. Carry some extra rockers and pushrods, and use a low oil pressure switch to cut power if you throw a lifter out of a hole Compression was hi (11/1?) With kb reverse dome pistons but it ran fine on pump 93! Take 600 lbs out of the equation and wulla, tens!!!!! A cheap stripped A body with frame connecters and some messaged stock springs might do the trick. I would look for the cheapest stiff shock you can find. Maybe a 3/4 ton shock might fit? Shackles have a huge effect on rear rise. Longer shackles that angle towards the back at the bottom really increase rise and may create too much. I used a mall to modify the front lip on a duster back in the 70s(hey, it was a boneyard body!) and you can get some big tires under there then! For a cheap rear a 8.8 with 4.10 stock gears works if you can narrow it and put a short axle on the drivers side. Those may be found in Ford Explorers 1996 to 2005? The axle is about $100 from rock auto.