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  1. well thanks for all the helpfull responses guys! to answer some of your questionsor statments "The best advice I could give is not to buy anything until you have the money to really get started. The problem with buying parts is by the time you have enough and the time to do this project you're going to have a lot of old stuff that's not as good as the current hot stuff. In 5 years who knows what the hot suspension and engine combo might be. Why buy a Ford or LS-1 now and get locked into that. You also really need to decide what you want to do and if this is going to be a street car or a race car. Too many compromises lead to a mediocre solution that doesn't do anything well. It's also a lot cheaper to buy someone else's car/project that's spent a lot of the money on pieces you want. Cary" -both are execlent points, and the buying game is always a hard one to come out on top of, as far as the engine goes, my friend is a ford mechanic and a race fanatic so i can get 302 components and even complete engines for next to nothing luckily, one of the reasons why im kind of leaning towards that right now. As far as the race/street car thing goes, i want to have adjustable dampening, ride height, removeable areo parts, and laptop tuning of some form, so that i can both street and drive the car, but i want a full cage for sure, so that is always limiting. "My suggestion. Because its off the wall and next to impossible.. 4.3l V6 TWIN TURBO, bolted up to a T-56 XMSN. They do make a turbo kit for the 4.3l, but this one has been custom made, which is what you will do. " noble, but no thanks "I'd say more like 40k for "full race suspension?" that includes a few learning mistakes along the way. I've got 19k into mine and as we speak its on jack stands again. Reality bites." reality does bite, for those who have to take the first plunge, im hoping to learn from others mistakes (not that you havent im sure) and as far as the cage and suspension components go, im capable of making my own cage and tubular components, so hopefully ill save some money there, but certinaly pour my time down the drain screw spell check, im to tired,ha
  2. so, long story short im living in the planning stage for my dream car, i want to make, like the title said, the ultimate s30 v8 race machine (streetable) for both auto cross and drag. Forgive me if this post is a bit draged out, ive been stewing over this idea for months, and none of my ford mechanic friends want to hear anything of it, so here i am Im thinking my best option is a 280 with either a ford 5.0 or a chevy ls1 (much more expensive) now this project is on a near 5 year time line, as i have no money, i am in school, and i don't see much money coming in the near future, so i want to make sure that when i do buy something, it is the perfect choice for this car, first goals are to secure a shell, and a motor to start collecting parts for, thats my 10 month plan i would do -V8 swap with either a t56 or otherwise similar transmission with the initial goal of a good solid 400 all motor and eventually charge or turbo the thing, r200 rear end ( what alternatives to this are there?) -Corvette c5 brakes (has anyone done this?) -Full race suspension mods, good shocks, all new machined or tube welded components and quality bushings extc. (Arizona z car looks like it has the best or possibly only (and most expensive) offerings) bla bla bla, probably cost the most money out of all of the parts, 302s are cheap -Cage -Stitch Weld the entire car -Huge wheels, i don't know how big, but big, big and light -Functional ground effects ( splitter and side skirts )and spoiler along with a diffuser and under body paneling for down force (always wanted a car worth the effort of doing this) -custom interior (aka, nothing but dash and quality gauges ) anywhoo, enough speculating, if you guys could help confirm my suspicions, that would be great
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