10's on $5,000 ?

It all starts with a plan. I ported a set of cast iron small block chevy Dart Platinum heads for my buddy S10 truck and it ran 10's. He wanted to run it on pump gas so I ported a set of aluminum AFR heads for him. He could drive it in and crank out 10.50-10.60's all Summer long with a solid lifter cam. His truck wasn't striped down at all with only a fiberglass hood. His truck was lighter than your truck sits now but he weighed around 350 pounds. Hopefully you will spend more time specking out an engine than you did choosing a vehicle.