[dragster2006]

Originally Posted by goinbroke2

Wow, pages of bickering. Different approach would of avoided all this. Your young full of piss and vinigar, good for you.

Hows this;
If your just getting into racing I would say build a modest street car and tow it to the track. Nothing worse then breaking a car and needing a ride home. Why a modest street car? Because you are starting out and it is more fun/better experience to learn running against others at your level (street or sportsman) then building a 11 flat car and being lumped in with the 50year olds with 35years experience.(pro/super pro)
It's not the car, it's seat time that will win you races.

Or, you can build a race car, but make it run 12.50-13.50 with deadly consistency and have fun.

Or, you can build a all out 10.50 race car, show up at a track with a "I can do it all" attitude and be on the trailer first round all summer long. By the end of the summer you'll be upset/tired/sick of it and you won't enjoy racing and quit. And yes that includes running 10.50, scaring the crap out of yourself, but after your used to it being bored running 12 flat.

As far as the chebby in a ford, if your an antagonistic kind of guy (which it appears here, you are) then whatever, do what you want. But there is no excuse anymore to run a chebby motor in a ford. If your a chebby guy, then your just using a ford body for your engine because chebby cars suck so bad. There is a couple of fox body mustangs around here with sbc's in them. One particular one went from a reliable 12.00 second 351W to a 11.30 350sbc but has scattered 3 engines in the 3 years since the change, so whatever floats your boat I guess.
You understand it's a BRACKET race eh? The ET isn't as important as having fun and being consistent. (regardless of the make of the car or engine)

Have fun, enjoy the hobby, just ease up on the attitude a bit. (yeah we were all that young and wound up at one time, I went with fords because NOBODY else ran them..I was the antagonistic one! LOL!)

hey buddy i didnt join this forum to bicker... i posted in the bracket forum because i'm building a bracket car but considering the engine i was building and all the things I'm doing to it i wanted to know whether or not it should just be a street/ strip car or a full drag car.. and i joined because i wanted some professional opinions but all i got was negative nonsense and put downs and making me out to be some young punk kid. thats not who i am. im NOT some young punk kid. its my first time building a race car and i dont have anybody else to help me out and give me advice. the only guy on here that really helped me out was Sean Kennedy. hes not a jerk like these other guys on this thread. its just a damn shame there aren't that many more people in the world like him. but i guess if it makes those old farts feel good to bash on the young guys then thats fine we'll just see what the results are on race day. BUT back to the subject. like you were saying about building a 12.50 car yeah im pretty sure its gonna be running around there maybe faster. just depends on the ole budget. i kinda gotta lighten up on the build because im currently not working now and because of my bills. so that stuff has to come first. (GOD DAMNIT I HATE BILLS!!!!) about the engine... i dont know much about ford engines as much as i do chevys and plus this engine was affordable to have built and so thats why i chose the 350. but i dont think im gonna be able to get the car race ready by my deadline which was around march through may... but anyways yeah most likely 12's for the ole chev-stang... just a fun weekend bracket car