'95 Camaro Drag Build HELP PLZ

[cody_stl]

RE-POSTED
Hi All!
Aquiring a '95 Z28 soon and i am goin to park her in the garage and let her sit while i build her piece by piece.But i am new to the high HP V8 world and need help badly.
First of all,something i cant find,all i find is numbers and letters that i dont know what they mean...is what transmissions are used for 500-600hp and torque drag cars?they dont seem like manuals when you watch races cause their seems to be no clutch action happening....just wondering...and where online can i look up and research these trannies?Another thing out of Summit Racings Bare 350ci blocks is a good one to start with,i plan on pitching the 200k engine thats in it and building a fresh monster?I think the aluminium blocks are KINDA expensive.I know 4bolt mains are a must,and siamese cyclinder setups are good,anything else i should know?what exactly is siamese cylinder config?thicker cylinder walls right?
So everyone knows and can better help me...i THINK my strip goals are gonna be something like 11-10 second 1/4 miles,with room for improvement when i get adjusted to the High HP.Would the engine be better suited for drag as a Carb or Injected engine?Which would you prefer?I dont want it SOOOO tilted towards drag that i cant rumble her around town once in a while.what kinda HP&Tq would i need to be puttin up a 10.5 sec 1/4mile?How does one go about using a stroker crankshaft?does the block or cylinder head need to be special?what are the advantages of a stroker setup and should i use this approach?What kind of suspension and motor mounts should i look into?I have never been involved with puttin this much HP to the ground so i need some BIG info on the suspension.What are some basic DO's and DONT's of building a strip car?i have blabbered on my newbie questions long enough...i just really wanna get into some big numbers,i am so sick of my honda and working hard just to get under 200hp....very un rewarding.I am an apprentice at a Auto Shop,but ust started so i am still getting my feet wet,but cars are what i LOVE,and i hope the nice people here can help me get my feet wetter in the drag car sense.The biggest thing i cant understand is what tranny's and torque converters and trans brakes and rear ends to use and what they do?!And what kinda Compression ratios V8 are safe to use with Nitrous....MAYBE a supercharger as well.I know with my honda if i wanted to boost it i would have to drop my CR to like 9.0:1 to be SAFE.When it comes to rippin out the old engine and installing my newly built motor,what stock components should i retain?such as ignition,timing,ecu's,fuel pump...should i pretty much strip the car bare of everything?Would i be able to BASICALLy bolt in this aftermarket beast...what about all the externals(alternator,P/S pump*maybe*),will all this stuff mount to the aftermarket block as it does the OEM block?Any info on Poducts ya'll gimme would be REALLY helpful if ya had online links to buy or look at em...thanks alot
P.S.-what about roll cages....how do they install them...do ya just strip the interior and weld them to the chassis or what?and how can you intercool a roots type super charger...and can a roots type SC be used with fuel injection?

P.S.S.-another question....i'm looking through these crate engines and MOST of them are externally balanced,and some of the expensive ones are internally balanced...which should i get?if i bought a bare block and bought the crank,rods,pistons,seperate what would it take to balance them?
Hope to get some replies soon
thanks

[demon9766]

Thats a long list dude! Well to make it short and sweet you can get a crate motor ls1 from jegs to drop right in and you would have to change the fuel pumps,injectors,trans,converter,gears,and put in subframe conectors,coilovers,ignition,and get a chip burned,brakes and a few other things to make and handle the kind of power u r talking about.sa for the other stuff u r talking about it would take me a few days to go over it with you.