10 sec small block
yes its my only car so even if i dont dog on it every day would it be smarter just to get another car
Its your ONLY option. Well... you have 2 more but I will get to that in a sec.
Let me give you some advice son... I have been in this hobby for 25 years. The #1 thing you can do for any Old Muscle car (Im talking power, reliability, cosmetics, everything) is to get a DRIVER as a second car.
When you start talking about running in the 10s with a small block you are talking high compression, poor every day drivability, bad MPGs (lucky if you get 10 on the highway), and parts going bad. Lets not mention the need to at least have some race fuel in the mix if you want to hammer on it.
Hell... The valve springs on those big cams don't live long on the street... And I'm not talking 15,000 miles long, I'm talking you will be lucky to get 4,000 before your springs start to go away.
So.... Back to my point of why you need a daily driver.... All that money you spend on gas, parts, maintenance is DIRECTLY removed from the available funds for real improvements.
Oh.... And this... People really don't care if your car runs in the 10s. They really don't. 80% of the people won't even know how fast you are running if you tell them you are in the 10s with your street car.
More people will check out the car that looks great, sounds hot and runs 14s then the car that is a little ruff, noisy and runs 10s.
Honestly.... Its true.
Oh and this.... Chicks don't even care if your car runs in the 10s. They are just happy to be with the guy they like and in a RELIABLE car that will get them where they are going.
Damn.... I can't forget this... Chicks.... They like to go out, do things and have fun with their guy. THE LAST THING the want to hear all the time is that you need to work on the car or you don't have any money because of the car. TRUST me on this it is very important.
Ok, I told you, you had other options.... Here they are.
1. Build a very solid small block that runs on pump gas. Then shoot it with 250-hp NOS. (It should be reliable driver until it isn't. When a part fails on a full NOS pull it usually destroys everything.)
2. Build a massive low stressed big-block (over 500c.i.) and use the cubes.