cheapest way to build a 11 second still street legal car. or semi street legal

[queenskid926]

Me and a few buddies was just talking around and the topic for the most cost effective way to build a low 11 second car that you can drive to the track, change tires and run a pass.

Most of them said foxbodies are the cheapest and best way.
some even said civics, gutt them out, do a swap from a junkyard and some tires and spray.
It was alot of cars and ideas being thrown around. (nobody said supra tho lolz)

So lets say on a 3000 or 4000 budget, how would you go about building a low 11 second car? Is it possible?

 

[Loki]

If I was going to build a cheap track car it would be a Fox Mustang.

 

[GrimJack]

In the USA, (and likely Canada & Mexico, too) the easiest route would be the Mustang by a significant margin. The aftermarket support for the car is unbelievable, it's almost like it was designed for the 1/4 mile!

The only other thing I'd be willing to consider is an old Volkswagen Bug. Parts are a bit tougher to come by, but they modify even easier, and all their weight is over the rear wheels, making traction even easier to come by than the Mustang.

 

[daledoe]

Mustang fox body with 7m!!!

 

[Loki]

Mustang fox body with 7m!!!

I doubt that would be cheap at all.

 

[daledoe]

It might be possible with a $3,000-$4,000 budget If you find a car for cheap or free.

 

[TomFraser]

It might be possible with a $3,000-$4,000 budget If you find a car for cheap or free.

has anyone put a 7m into a mustang?

 

[IJ.]

I doubt that would be cheap at all.

Or reliable.....

1/4 mile is a long way to walk back

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Soarer + T78 + 272s = 11 second pass

 

[92nsx]

Soarer + T78 + 272s = 11 second pass

He said cheap, lol

What about this.
Old school CRX, b18 or 22 swap, add ebay turbo, NOS, and drag slicks (to the front, lol).

 

[Loki]

Or reliable.....

1/4 mile is a long way to walk back

Or push it back

It took my friend forever to push his blown up Civic back :rofl:

 

[IJ.]

Loki: It's a Mustang you'd just abandon it where it rolled to a stop

 

[teamslow]

There are 3 things people want when building a car.
-Fast
-Cheap
-Reliable
The problem is you can only pick two.

 

[92nsx]

There are 3 things people want when building a car.
-Fast
-Cheap
-Reliable
The problem is you can only pick two.

He said nothing about reliable, lol.

 

[DonS1mpson]

There are 3 things people want when building a car.
-Fast
-Cheap
-Reliable
The problem is you can only pick two.

I hate that saying. Putting all the money in the world isn't going to help your car be fast or reliable in the same way that doing things on a tight budget is not a sure fire way to end up with a slow or Unreliable POS.

There was an American Car Cruise around my town tonight – Seeing (and hearing) those sort of monsters for the first time has got me thinking about a similar "drag car on a budget" project, although being in England, there isn't too much american muscle about, at least not cheaply. I like the idea of a VW Bug, but what would you use for an engine? I can't iminage anything being big enough to power one into the 11s being affordable on a $4000 budget?

 

[jmanbball]

Dodge Omni + Turbo II motor

 

[trucker]

Dodge Omni + Turbo II motor

what he said. remember a long time ago one of the rags running a story about a four door omni, 2.5 turboed lebaron motor, and some various srt4 parts...his bill came in at like 2500 total, high 11's

 

[GrimJack]

I hate that saying. Putting all the money in the world isn't going to help your car be fast or reliable in the same way that doing things on a tight budget is not a sure fire way to end up with a slow or Unreliable POS.

There was an American Car Cruise around my town tonight – Seeing (and hearing) those sort of monsters for the first time has got me thinking about a similar "drag car on a budget" project, although being in England, there isn't too much american muscle about, at least not cheaply. I like the idea of a VW Bug, but what would you use for an engine? I can't iminage anything being big enough to power one into the 11s being affordable on a $4000 budget?

Porsche engines fit, from what I understand, and they probably aren't ridiculously expensive over the pond... There are a few guys over here that run 10-11s passes in old bugs, but I haven't spent a lot of time talking to them about how much they have invested!

 

[Poodles]

Old bugs weigh nothing, have the weight where it's needed, and are so stupidly simple there is little to go wrong.

Not to mention the tons of performance parts, parts that interchange, and the age so in most places it's just a safety inspection without smog.

Oh, forgot the crazy gas milage they can get too...

The only downsides are lack of creature comfort and difficulty in finding one that isn't rusted to hell.

 

[trucker]

non rusty bugs aren't hard to find at all...there was a dude in amarillo had about 30 or so sitting around, along with a butt load of buses, eurovans, westys,


and 2.0 2.3 ford swap isn't hard, but idk how much power you need to get a bug into 11's