If you ever notice anything from my posts I try to get the point across to try to stick to a budget but also built it safely. It is so easy now to build a street strip car that will run 10’s or very low 11’s. A small .520 Racer Brown solid lift cam, ProMax heads, port matched Victor340 intake, 750-850 Holley carb, 10.5-11.0 comp, 4.20-4.30 gear, 4400-5500 stall convertor, wrapped in a 3200 pound or less car. No tricks, no gimmicks. Now as far as cages you may feel safer with one but on the street if crap hits the fan it may do more harm than good.