the Fine line between everyday driver and performance...

Where do you draw the line on performance mods, for gas mileage and reliability? I use my cobra everyday for a work car (real estate appraiser) it has to remain very reliable. I was thinking about getting a Vortech S Trim kit for next spring, I want my car to see the 450HP mark, but after reading alot of posts, im starting to wonder if the numbers Im expecting put me into *weekend driver* territory. Would I be better off buying all the bolt ons and keeping it NA? Do you guys use your cars for everyday drivers with superchargers on em? I dont mean 15 miles back and forth to work, I mean at LEAST 75-150 miles a day....Thanks for the input guys!

AL

thanks for all the good advice guys, after thinking on it while i was working today, I realized that I was heading into that *tinker* territory, and this thing has to be 100% all the time, I dont have another car to fall back on, nor should I (we) need it for what we paid for these things... Its a fun, fast car, it should be kept reliable, which means im going to stay out of the big dollar items, namely, no blower.

This leaves me two things. I am going to ride this cobra till next fall, and buy a 2003-2004 Cobra now, and also take the advice of the guy that does almost 100 miles a day for work.... You know what the problem is, its just that *its never enough* you cant ever put a cap on what your happy with, yah know? My last work car was a 96 mitsubishi eclipse, based out, I gotta say the cobra kicks that car all to ****, but I still want more LOL. Next year, it will be the 04 cobra....(unless I wait till 06 for a new cobra)

In any case, Now I am at this stage. I am looking for some bolt ons that will make me happy. I want to edge out those slightly modded F bodies

I am looking at the American Thunder cat back, and a Bassani X pipe. do I want the one with cats, is it going to help me retain bottom end torque?

What is a good company for a cold air intake, do I want to change my MAF, TB, and advance, even tho im all stock? will these slight mods amount to anything, or are they *go faster* parts....

Thanks again for the input guys

Big AL