What I'd go with and what i'd like to run eventually is a nicely built 377 or 408 with low compression and nice parts, that alone should get you into 11's with good driveability and the right parts, throw a vortech on top of that and you'd be 10's maybe 9's.... kind of like the Death Machine.
If you want I can list the specifics of my dream car(hopefully my car eventually).
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92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 mph before the headers and hpipe