Budget drag car… B-Body or A-Body?

MOPARMAGA said
8.25 are also c- clip, no thanks.

While more fragile, I don’t think he will be breaking any with a 5K budget. Even at the best full tilt effort he can muster.

B- bodies are usually more money than a-bodies and the price gap isn't small.

Depends on the year B body. So that is now moot.

The op is trying to build a drag car for 5k budget, or at least hypothetically & yeah a b-body is up above the weight of a full caged big block a-body, not the best place to be start. I will say it's easier to do stuff on a b-body like work on it,

Minus the price of the car, your not building a crazy high HP engine. The car he wants to build is not a heads up super speed demon. Just for fun. His dollar cap is hypothetical. As in a limit for forum members to limit there suggestions so he doesn’t have to scroll through “Get a stroker 2G HEMI from Barton!”

but a-bodies we're higher production, so cheaper. Except the prices aren't cheap by anymore.

Hence the suggestions of later year FMJ & B bodies since there often cheap.

cojohnso said
And E-bodies? Was an attempt to marry A&B in my opinion.

It has been written that there birth was an attempt to enter the Pony car arena by simply shortening the B body. No A body thoughts were put into he design. Only bin parts in use already.