Hey guys, a friend and I are trying to build a low budget drag car. Our goal is to run in the 11s under $5k. We will start off with an 83/84 (unsure of year) four cylinder lx, very barebones, no power anything. we have the car, a 351w, c4 transmission, and 9 inch rear end all priced out at $1k, the plan for the motor was to either port a set of gt40p heads or purchase some of the SVE aluminum heads (very open to head suggestions...lol) get a set of forged dome/flat top pistons and running around a 12:1 compression, getting a custom ed curtis cam, a 750 cfm carb and some sort of single plain intake. the plan is to run the engine on Sunoco 110, car doesn't have to be street able as it will be a purpose built race car. then getting a set of 1-3/4 inch LTs. That does it for the engine
The trans will likely be a C4 with a transbrake valve body and around a 3000-3500 stall, a good trans cooler, and hoping to run it as internally stock as possible for the first season of racing at least.
the rear will be a 9 inch with a 4.10 or 4.56 set of gears and welded solid (trying to save money by not buying a spool)
not sure what we will do for suspension but the plan is to run a 10.5 inch slick, open to suggestions for suspension, keep in mind the theme of this car is budget, we are a couple of teenagers who want to go fast without spending a nickel of daddy's money. both of us have built several motors already, i myself have done rear end work on the fox I already have, and everything functions exactly how it should.
can we get this mustang into the 11s for $5k or less? thanks for the advice in advance!
The trans will likely be a C4 with a transbrake valve body and around a 3000-3500 stall, a good trans cooler, and hoping to run it as internally stock as possible for the first season of racing at least.
the rear will be a 9 inch with a 4.10 or 4.56 set of gears and welded solid (trying to save money by not buying a spool)
not sure what we will do for suspension but the plan is to run a 10.5 inch slick, open to suggestions for suspension, keep in mind the theme of this car is budget, we are a couple of teenagers who want to go fast without spending a nickel of daddy's money. both of us have built several motors already, i myself have done rear end work on the fox I already have, and everything functions exactly how it should.
can we get this mustang into the 11s for $5k or less? thanks for the advice in advance!