Just bought a 97 Cobra now what?

[Venomrain]

Congrats on your purchase! There are a number of routes you can go with your snake, depending on your tastes of course. 4.10's and 4.30's would be a good gearing for a NA or cent supercharged (like vortech, paxton, powerdyne) cobra. You could elect to go with a positive displacement unit instead (Kenne Bell, Eaton) and add some much needed low end torque (and instant boost), thus not needing such an extreme rear gearing. After months of research I've decided on a stage 2 TDC turbocharger... basically 'free' horsepower witth decent gas milage (turbos don't react unless the motor is under load). The bottleneck in the cobra's motor is the exhaust plumbing: a Bassani x-pipe with good heads and exhaust will free up as much as 40 hp or more. You picked a great car, the 96-98s are IMO the best looking cobras around. You picked a great vehicle base to start with, now go spend some money and whup some stoplight ***...