[RICK LAKE]

Hi tech cobra Have you weighted your car? I think you will find it weights is a little more than 2,550 lbs. Mine is 2,705 with 1/2 tank of gas and an all aluminium shelby motor. The only thing added to my car is an appleton P/S rack, pump, cooler, and tank. This doesn't weight 120 pounds. As far as the power on the car, only a dyno will give you the real numbers. Your motor has a little bigger cam than mine, we are the same cubes. I have not dynoed in my motor yet but guessing and retarding the cam, real numbers 480 hp and 560-570 ft of torque. Yes It's a hand full to drive. Your exhaust will cost you about 15-40hp with back pressure. This would be a good place to start with missing HP. Another would be the intake manifold and having it ported so all the ports have the same flow numbers or within 5-7 cfm. Guessing from 5-15 HP. The camshaft could be advanced to give you another 5-10HP or retarded for more torque and taking some of the top end HP out of it. There are other tricks you could do to inprove the HP and Torque, but in some cases, this will cost you in drivability and gas mileage. Dyno the car and go from there. Rick L.