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Forum: ERA---Speak with Bob Putnam 07-29-2011, 02:41 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,378
Posted By dsmith
Well - gotta tell you - I couldn't be happier...

Well - gotta tell you - I couldn't be happier with those Mickey Thompson tires... like a gummy bear that has been in your pocket a while - soft and sticky - have several hundred miles onn them now...
Forum: ERA---Speak with Bob Putnam 04-21-2011, 09:00 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,378
Posted By dsmith
Baby has new shoes

Thanks to everyone that replied...

BABY HAS NEW SHOES...

Tires are Mickey Thompson SR 26x12-15 and 26x10-15, arrived on Monday - $850 shipped from Summit.
It was drizzling outside -...
Forum: ERA---Speak with Bob Putnam 04-13-2011, 02:45 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,378
Posted By dsmith
uhhh another tire question

Bob

sorry - another tire question - have been searching the site - but can't come up with much....

ERA #63 - 428CJ

my Bridgestones are shot - never liked them anyway

p265/50R15 and...
Forum: Shop Talk 02-12-2007, 11:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,570
Posted By dsmith
heads

Edelbrock gave me a very good set of instructions with my aluminum heads (for a chevy in another vehicle) Check their website, I believe I downloaded them a couple years later when I had the heads...
Forum: Shop Talk 12-29-2006, 08:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 691
Posted By dsmith
Complexity

My 428 was rebuilt 2 years ago by the previous owner (2500 miles - some hard) and it is not performing as well as I would like. I have not had it dyno'd so I do not know the horsepower. Since I...
Forum: Parts For Sale 10-16-2006, 02:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,103
Posted By dsmith
info please

email me some info on body and frame with prices and pics if you have them

david@thebee.com

thanks
Forum: Shop Talk 10-03-2006, 03:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 773
Posted By dsmith
porus wheels

I have tried to search for a post that I have saw a while ago but have been unable to find it - perhaps someone either knows where or what to search for, or knows the answer to my question.

I am...
Forum: Shop Talk 10-03-2006, 06:56 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,202
Posted By dsmith
another concern

WATCH YOUR PAINT where the headers come through the body. While trying to get my car through emissions, I had the paint bubble.

Make sure you set up some fans, there is no air passing over the...
Forum: Shop Talk 09-07-2006, 11:12 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 940
Posted By dsmith
427- 428 parts compatability

I asked this question on the FE Forum and only got one response. Hope that things might get discussed here a little more thoroughly.

I have been considering a weber setup for my 428 and see there...
Forum: FE TALK 09-06-2006, 07:59 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 851
Posted By dsmith
427-428 intakes compatable?

I have been considering a weber setup for my 428 and see there is one for sale on eBay right now. It is for a 427.

Question, does the intake from the 427 fit onto a 428FE motor??

thanks

smith
Forum: Shop Talk 08-28-2006, 10:31 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,042
Posted By dsmith
I too went for a flat-bed ride with a bad...

I too went for a flat-bed ride with a bad distributor gear. Check down a ways in the posts "brass distributor gear" and there will be somne advice from forum users that may be of help.
Forum: Shop Talk 08-10-2006, 09:15 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,113
Posted By dsmith
Fe

The only thing I can tell you, and I can tell you this since I bought my cobra as a "used" car, is that 427-428 motors ad a premium to the vehicle. There were plenty of 289, 302, Rousch.... powered...
Forum: Shop Talk 08-04-2006, 06:15 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,772
Posted By dsmith
give ERA a look

"chopper bob" - sounds like you have some experience building scooters?

I couldn't wait to get my hands on my car so I bought one already done - an early ERA, #62. Am saving my pennies to buy a...
Forum: Shop Talk 07-25-2006, 10:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,021
Posted By dsmith
grease

if you go the heli-coil route and don't want to take the head off...

The groves in the drill bit and tap are designed to allow waste material to escape. By filling those grooves with grease, both...
Forum: Shop Talk 06-28-2006, 01:17 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 846
Posted By dsmith
brass distrubuter drive gears??

Who knows what about which type of drive gear should be run on the base of the distributer?

Brass distubuter gear (on Mallory) wore out after only a few hundred miles on my 428 motor. Most of the...
Forum: Weber Tuning 06-12-2006, 12:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,963
Posted By dsmith
check those gaskets again

Check those header to head gaskets again. Not going to tell you that this is the answer, but I had the exact same symptoms with my 428 and cured the entire situation, flames and all, with the header...
Forum: Shop Talk 05-30-2006, 06:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 607
Posted By dsmith
no more backfiring, header gaskets changed

Last week I had asked if anyone had any advice regarding changing header gaskets in an ERA 427 with a 428 motor. Didn’t get a lot of responses and thought I would pass along some of the knowledge...
Forum: Shop Talk 05-23-2006, 12:22 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 518
Posted By dsmith
byson

looked further into some of the previous posts and found the name of Byson headers. Called tham and they said they do not make a gasket for the 428.

Anyone know of any other hi-performance...
Forum: Shop Talk 05-23-2006, 12:08 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 518
Posted By dsmith
changing header gaskets

Well, I made it through emissions last friday and hope to have a permanent plate on the car before the weeks end.

It has been backfiring quite a bit lately and I started wondering about my header...
Forum: Shop Talk 05-11-2006, 06:32 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,108
Posted By dsmith
crying in CT

Was able avoid the hassles of a total inspection, new vin # and the transformation of my 1983 car to a 2006 (composite requirements in the great state of Connecticut) by simply showing up at DMV with...
Forum: Shop Talk 05-10-2006, 08:25 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,841
Posted By dsmith
Stu I am in Newtown and am in the process...

Stu

I am in Newtown and am in the process of getting my Cobra registered. Was the car titled in another state or is it a new build?
If you care to call me, I can tell you what I am doing...
Forum: Shop Talk 03-22-2006, 11:04 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,631
Posted By dsmith
Thanks for all the input. A new melling oil...

Thanks for all the input.

A new melling oil pump and we are back on the road. Motor was not damaged in any way - don't know where or when the habit developed, but I am always checking that oil...
Forum: Shop Talk 03-17-2006, 10:08 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,631
Posted By dsmith
Thanks guys Is there a favorite pump??? ...

Thanks guys

Is there a favorite pump???

Not even sure what year the motor is. I asked the previous owner, but he didn't know much about the car exept it was cool, well built, and fast as.......
Forum: Shop Talk 03-17-2006, 06:49 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,631
Posted By dsmith
100-plus lbs oil pressure problem

I have an ERA with a 428 that has developed an oil pressure problem.

I went out to start it the other day and after it had been running for about 20 seconds I heard a squeal, sounded like a fan...
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