Looking For Budget Project Car Ideas

[The Stickman]

Being a rookie with an unfinished car, take it easy on me.

How about an S-10? You can do a V-8 conversion for the price of a motor and about $800 in parts and some labor. If you could overcome some of the extreme front weight bias, brace the frame and use a decent overdrive trans. it could be fun. Lots of those trucks for dirt cheap and easy to work on in a normal garage (no lift and regular hand tools and a welder). Single 3" exhaust, 350HP and some suspension goodies (that are plentiful as well) and you could have a fun budget ride. A short bed with a truckarm suspension in the rear would be quick and dirty.

I actually built an S-10 for AutoX and road racing. Only thing is I kept the V-6. While it didn't have the power other cars had I could eat them up in the braking zones and cornering. was actually quite simple build. But I wouldn't call it cheap because I boght the truck new and then did this to it. But now they can be had cheap and built easy.