ERA or Superperformance 427 Thoughts and Observations

[marcocsx3121]

These guys are right on. I can relate a snowy morning in 1966 when I was on the Munich-Stuttgart autobahn. The road wasn't exactly snow covered, but there were slick spots, so I was keeping my Sunbeam Tiger (the first of two that I owned "back in the day") to 80-90 mph. I spotted rapidly approaching headlights in the rear view mirror, so being a red blooded young man, I kicked it up a notch or two. At 115, I folded, and let a bright red Porsche 911 blow past. To add insult to automotive injury, it was being driven by a blonde GIRL. If I'd been in the Cobra, I'd have folded just as quickly.

Like the man said, German cars for German roads.

[PANAVIA]

Originally Posted by marcocsx3121

At 115, I folded, and let a bright red Porsche 911 blow past. To add insult to automotive injury, it was being driven by a blonde GIRL. If I'd been in the Cobra, I'd have folded just as quickly.

Like the man said, German cars for German roads.

Sabine Schmidt >?

[TButtrick]

Originally Posted by marcocsx3121

These guys are right on. I can relate a snowy morning in 1966 when I was on the Munich-Stuttgart autobahn. The road wasn't exactly snow covered, but there were slick spots, so I was keeping my Sunbeam Tiger (the first of two that I owned "back in the day") to 80-90 mph. I spotted rapidly approaching headlights in the rear view mirror, so being a red blooded young man, I kicked it up a notch or two. At 115, I folded, and let a bright red Porsche 911 blow past. To add insult to automotive injury, it was being driven by a blonde GIRL. If I'd been in the Cobra, I'd have folded just as quickly.

Like the man said, German cars for German roads.

Like the man said, German cars for German girls.

[WarrenG]

Can't speak to either of the 427 cars, but I know that my ERA FIA is quite happy at 115 mph. It actually seems to get "tighter" to the road at that speed. Not sure it would be comfortable noise wise for too long though without earplugs. I'd think you'd be going deaf quickly just from the road noise.

Supposedly, these cars, aerodynamically, are like a brick when they get up to around 150 mph. Not sure sustained 140-160 is a realistic expectation. But then that's what everybody said about the F-4 Phantom originally also and they just put bigger engines in it!

I would expect the ERA 427 to be similar not sure about the SPF but one thing the SPF has over the ERA is that it would be a much faster lead time for a new one.

[RedBarchetta]

Originally Posted by WarrenG

Not sure sustained 140-160 is a realistic expectation.

Realistic? Arguably.

Nucking futs? Absolutely!

-Dean