So I decided to make the jump from a street/strip build, to a full blown drag car. I just bought this ride yesterday, and I am going to pick it up this Friday:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oldsmobile-442-1972-full-chassis-drag-car_W0QQitemZ330351416409QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRace_Cars_Not_Street_Legal_?hash=item4cea7a9459&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245
My plan as of right now is to take this 455 shortblock I had sitting around my garage as a spare, and get this TH400 trans I have sitting around to be rebuilt by Rossler and put them in this car. And I am going to take my edelbrock heads off of my Oldsmobile now, get those suckers ported and polished, replace the valves and the springs.
My goal is to be running mid to low 9's by the beginning of racing season next year, with the build that I outlined above N/A. I still have a lot to figure out and a lot of work to do, because as you can see this car is just a chassis. Some of you might think and will probably say that I am just full of shit when I say mid to low 9's; BUT my current setup runs 11.60's, and with this car I going to have a similar engine combo except a more aggressive cam, bigger intake & carb, and the trans will have a trans brake with a high stall converter and bigger gears. Also, this car will probably weigh about a solid 1000 lbs less that my car right now that runs 11.60's.
I will post pics this weekend once I get it in the garage.