Gary H

You can do it with a 351w. The engine is the easy part though, all the other stuff is what runs the $$$ up.
Parachute, certified cage and chassis and all the other odds and ends really add up. Fire suit, window net, c-clip elims if you run the 8.8 etc.

stocksuspension

ls1

91hatchgt

My brother had a stripped 67 Camaro with a fully built 396, went 11.20's all motor, and 8.80's with a 300 shot of nitrous.... That's what it takes.

88_LX

get a good crate motor with around 700hp and even more torque then beef up your car to handle it and do as much weight reduction as possible then pray a lot

bighungrymatt

I like the 1/8 mile idea

w8less

a very deep wallet

ih8chevy

this would be the easiest engine wise, but the mods to make the 460 work will be expensive. I have seen however a couple 351w's stroked to a 392 or smaller hitting 9's and had more in em. a nice set of heads like trick flow R's or canfields, and a huge solid roller cam and a tunnel ram intake will get u there. with a lot of suspension however.

92GreyGT

A good friend is close if not in the 9s with a pump gas 408. His car is light, about 2800-2900 with driver. It is not gutted but everywhere he could take something out he did without making it look like a gutted racecar.He bought the engine used from Coast High. It has 10.5:1 compression, AFR 225 heads, big solid roller, super victor Edelbrock intake, and a 1050 AED dominator. He has never run it in the quarter but his eigth mile times are 6.39 @ 105. Everything on the car is first class.That should be real close to a N/A car on pump gas.