[WildBillyT]

My 0.02:

Be careful with 882s. A lot of them were smogger heads that are crack prone with small valves and big 76cc chambers and press in studs. I've thrown away 3 garbage sets of them myself.

You will be hard pressed to hit low 11s with a Gen I 350 NA on your budget while keeping a lot of streetability. I'm not saying it can't be done, but that a 350 combo that will peform like this is can't be just slapped together.

Personally, I'd do a Vortec headed 400. Air Gap manifold, Holley 750, big hydraulic flat tappet cam. If you want to spray it then you should spring for forged pistons. TRW/Speed Pro makes some that are pretty affordable. Yes, you can spray on cast pistons but (to be frank) you really need a safety net on this stuff while you are learning.

If you want to run 11s with no bar then your max is an 11.50. To make your tranny or rear last on the cheap you should just run regular street radials. No slicks, no drag radials, no fat ass radials.