How would you build a low 10’s street car

I am WAY late to this thread, and i havent read ten pages yet, so....
This is what i would do, one of two methods...
Easy: buy a late model performance car, and add enough power adder to make enough power to simply have enough suds to run tens, with or without traction. 35 to 50 k.
Hard: buy an ex race car, as light as you can find, less motor and trans.Of course, make SURE it has a clean title and can be registered. It should have good traction, and a bar/cage and the frame tied, so you wont have to. Build a moderately mild big block, as big as you can afford (stroker small block, if it HAS to be a small block!), a trans that can stand the power you have to make, then add the power adder of your choice. Nitrous has the least initial investment, but the greatest ongoing cost. But it only costs when you use it.
Number two technique works best on a car that doesnt have to be smogged any more, or in a place where there are no smog checks.
I think the second recipe can be done for well under twenty grand, i did mine for just a little over ten, but that was a while ago. Of course, a mopar will probably cost twice what a chevy or ford would cost.