10's on $5,000 ?

318willrun said
I don't know what's comfortable in a fast truck. I've not built trucks to go fast. Fastest truck I've ever owned went 14.50 with a stuck brake caliper (barely made it home) . The 14.50 truck was a D150 that I dropped in a 400 2bbl. I literally spent less than 200.00 on finding the 400, 727, and used rusty headers. I did nothing to the engine/tranny except I put a 625 carter on it that was giving to me for free and a cheap 4bbl intake. Truck had 3.21 gears.

Pretty much my point exactly... we all know you're very comfortable slapping together a bunch of cheap parts... and also very comfortable taking what should go 16 to 17 seconds down into the 13's..
BUT... We still haven't seen one of your lighter cars go from 13.3 to 11.8... But alone a heavier vehicle go from 11.8 to 10.9...
While there's no question in my mind that I think you can do it, I just don't think it's going to happen cheap or comfortably..