$15,000 to build a drag car, what would you buy?

[fiveohpatrol]

well I've recently descovered that my shool Rose Hulman has a motorsports club, but this year all they were concerned with was their mid 80s RX7 as an autocross car.

But next year, they have a budget of $15,000 to buy and build a drag car.
Knowing this, I will soon be a member

anyway, a friend of mine that is in the club says they are looking at a 73 mach1 to build up. And I was like "well you got the model of car right this time, but the year wont be too great for drag racing" thats one of the heaviest stangs ever built (and pretty darn ugly too).

Being a stang freak like I am, I will try to convince them to stay with a mustang, but go after a different year.

What year/model would you buy and what motor setup would you have with $15000

I'm thinking about starting off with a clean-straight bodied 87-93 4 banger coupe and stripping all of its guts out.
Probably get a really clean one for about $2000-2500 right?

Stroked 351 built shortblock, AFR 205's
Unsure on carb or EFI. Carb'ing it would probably be better suited for the budget.
C-4 tranny? built 8.8" or 9" ?
It will need a full cage ofcourse.
Hopefully there will be enough leftover for a 250shot

What do you guys think? Think a bunch of college boys can break into the 9's.
Ofcourse I'll be posting about the buildup all next schoolyear for help and pictures of the progress.

Lets hear your ideas