Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Me personally I'd pick the FC but I'm not a huge fan of drag racing. All turbo RX-7's need lots of TLC, but I guess the FC is less finicky than the FD (and that's out of your price range anyway).
DSM's and Mustangs are better starting points for running the 1/4 and they don't run as much risk of blowing up.
I'm not really a 1/4 mile guy. It's cool and all to knock off 11s or even less in a car. I'm more into handling and the twistys actually getting more into drifting thanks to my buddy with the 240SX.
However I feel I could make a Mustang handle and even drift with the right suspension set up. The DSM....well AWD and Turbo what more could you want. The FC, well....rotory engines kick ass and respond 10x better to mods then pistion engines.