Drag racing

[Marine-58]

Originally Posted by 72kool

First and foremost. If you are racing anything or driving down the highway, safety safety safety. Make sure you have updated all brakes, suspension and steering components first. Otherwise you will only won the race to the hospital. Invest in racing belts at least, preferably get a better seat and a cage of some sort.

After that then you can look at the drivetrain. If you have that kind of budget, after you do the safety equipment, I'd start somewhere you know. If the bottom end and cam are unknown, you could throw a lot of parts at it and never hit the mark. Tear it down and see what you really have. Or start fresh with a new crate engine and start building up. You could have a good solid street/strip combo 383 that you can keep adding to and making better for 5k that would be more than fun when you want.

72Kool - You beat me to it... Tires, brakes Steering, suspension... #1 priority...