Upgrades

I have a 1996 ford mustang base v6 3.8L and i would like to start doing some performance upgrades to it but i am not sure where to start or how to do it. So any advice would be nice.

budget?

got to start somewhere i guess, you will need exhaust, LTs would be perfered but might not be needed, and i would get a set of 3.73 or 4.10s with a detroit true trac for the rear end

from there you could
4.2 swap from an f150
Supercoupe swap
split port (99-04) swap
procharge

If your gonna keep the 6er, boost will be needed.

Exhaust (http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=FLO%2D17276&N=700+4294924746+4294908331+4294908282+4294840073+ 4294923429+115&autoview=sku) What about this for exhaust?

That would be fine. Its a common early upgrade.

Also i need to get new tires and would like to know what you guys like for prefer.