rspears9 Cobras are about feeling young again.
There is no easy answer for your question. For some of us it is the closest thing to a race car, others stress control after work, women magnet, a dream that took in my case 25 years to build. Worth the wait.
As far a what you want the car to do, you can custom build it. You want to stomp on vettes and vipers, 550hp,6 spd trans, 13" brakes, 17" or 18" wheels and tires, and good suspension springs and shocks. In this class you can run with any car up to 140mph, after that, you are a barn door in the air. I have a 452 shelby motor with 501-533" lifter hydro cam,9.2 compression, runs on reg gas, with either the 5 spd or 6 spd in the car. 3.31 rear gearing. My car runs 12.5 in the 1/4 mile. Fast enough for me, 1/4 mile is hard on the drive train, not my favorite kind of racing. The ERA side pipes are quiet. I pass the noise code at New Hampshire for the Northeastern challenge in 2000 during road course. I have a set of race pipes also, they are noisier. You can add power steering, auto trans, AC, radio, hard top or soft top, and have a very streetable car. 15" tires ride better that 17" tires. 15" look more correct on the car. I have a set of both sizes,15" for street and 17" Mich pilots for racing in street class. Unless you are into vipers,vettes or high HP bikes and under stand how HI performance car handle, you want to be VERY CAREFUL, this car is like a loaded gun, give respect and you will get along fine, get stupid and get killed
There is no cure for snakebit but you can enjoy the sickness. Fine someone and go for a NORMAL drive is the only way to answer your questions.
You may want to wear ear plugs on a high output motor cobra.
Rick Lake