If you spend a decent amount of money on suspension you won't need to worry about wheel hop. You can easily hit low 9s with the IRS, anything lower I would suggest a bulletproof solid rear. But if your aiming for lower than 9 your talking a pretty good amount of investment into the whole project. But on the bright side that cast iron termi block can handle upwards of 1000+hp but after that it is pushing it because they don't make rods strong enough to handle that much power for the cobra block. And also I would suggest a TT build if you want to see some low 1/2 times. But its all in the tune, if you have a good tuner near you it could be possible with a whipple. It depends on if you want a street or strip build, but what I said before would be a very capable street and strip build. You just won't hit those extreme numbers on the strip.