The turbo setup would definitely be badass, but it's not going to be very efficient with a manual trans. Plus, that 3550 is probably going to say bye bye pretty quickly anyway with 600ft lbs. If I remember correctly you are 351 based? With that turbo and a decent auto setup (th400) high 9s will be cake.
there is no way in hell that 42lb injectors and a tremec 3550 will hold up if you build the car properly, (which you already have). Just the fuel pump will set you back 600+, you need enough fuel for 800+ hp. I would go with 72lb injectors, and you will need a return style fuel system. The turbo is def. the most exiting but I would build everything up and do the turbo last, or the car will be sitting for a while
Absolutely. Tune it to make 600-700rwhp, should be very easy and pretty safe with the 351. It will cost you less than $1k to build a th400 to handle that. Trans brake and a custom turbo convertor. If you can get your hotside and everything built for free or cheap that will get some major cost out of the way. Get a 60mm wastegate off ebay for $100, they work fine. Fuel system will be pricey. 10 point cage to be legal. Rear suspension. 33 spline setup in the rear with 3.55s and a 28" tire. If it 60s like it should that's mid 9s. Obviously you don't need ALL of that to drive the car, and there will be many bugs to work out.
Their are very little headaches if you have a clue what your doing. Whats in it for a cam? I don't care what you put in it, the car isn't going to make squat for power NA with that low of compression.
Well how much power is "squat"? I'm only 9.25:1..
I've just known a few guys who definitely knew what they were doing, had all the good parts, but still had cooling issues and breakage issues. Some guys have loads of fun though, i know at least one guy making 800+hp and drives his on the street but i'm sure he has WAY more than $600 in his setup to keep it street worthy.