I posted this setup in another thread in Talk, he is on the board but barely posts anymore. This is his old set up and would be pretty cheap to copy. If you want a car that can hold its own, just throw cams in and tune it. To get the heads worked, you are going to spend some money. I would just copy this, save for longtubes and either drop your compression down or leave it the same. Cheap and reliable, VT stage 2's, once tuned drive pretty damn smooth, smoother than my cobra anyway.
JBA Shortie Headers
UPR o/r X-pipe
UPR Cold Air pipe (with K&N Open filter off of the MAF)
Borla mufflers with turndowns
ASP Pulleys
Superchips Custom Tunning Flash
Denso Spark Plugs (gap @ .052)
Accufab 70mm Throttle Body and Plenum
VT Stage 2's
24lb injectors
this car dynoed 294 and 317 on one dyno and 305rwhp on another
JBA Shortie Headers
UPR o/r X-pipe
UPR Cold Air pipe (with K&N Open filter off of the MAF)
Borla mufflers with turndowns
ASP Pulleys
Superchips Custom Tunning Flash
Denso Spark Plugs (gap @ .052)
Accufab 70mm Throttle Body and Plenum
VT Stage 2's
24lb injectors
this car dynoed 294 and 317 on one dyno and 305rwhp on another