If anyone wants to do this on the Left Coast, I have all the parts to a project I have not started yet. 240Z, running 350 SBC, and the full swap kit including headers and driveshaft which was all already in this car at one time. It would fit well under the $2009 limit. I even have some race rubber and wheels for it thanks to a charitable fellow Z racer.
My side yard could probably be labelled a Z specialty junkyard, and I have a pretty good setup for building a car in my garage. Heck, I even have room on the floor downstairs for mechanics who are not actually drunk. Total required investment by the people silly enough to try it would be roughly zero, plus getting here, entry fees and gas.