10,000

Thats your budget. $10,000. What can you put together?

Its mostly going to be a daily driver but I'll hit the drag strip about once a month during racing season.

Should I just blow the load on a 99 Civic Si? Or should I find like a 97~ish Civic and a decent Supercharger, or even a Turbo package?

I need mostly reliablility, so an 89 CRX is probably out even if I could find a shop to do an engine swap. But seeing as how I'm in northwest ARKANSAS, there is NOTHING. So, to be in this sport you have to do it all yourself.

Thanks guys.

Also, what about a supercharged '01 Mazda Protoge? I could probably find a decent one for about 8 grand and drop the other 2k on a blower package.