ERA upgrade parts.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Detroit Bill

I did notice that there are lots of upgrade parts available for Superformance.
Everything from suspension, brakes, exhaust.... Are there similar ERA parts?

I looked have not found any.

Thanks
Bill

You can upgrade the wheels, rear suspension, brakes, add some additional anti-sway bars, gauges, seats, additional venting, larger fans, different belts, leather versus vinyl, competition trunk panels, I think the "aluminum dress up kit" is now standard, and that's just off the top of my head. Bill, there are no rules with ERA, if you get your checkbook out, and click your heels three times, you can get pretty much whatever you want, or whatever you can think of. I had them fabricate special stuff for me too.

[lippy]

What Patrick said. I sent them seat heating elements and they upholstered them into their seats and added a circuit on the wiring harness. I also sent them sidepipe mufflers from Chambered Classics, and they welded their collectors, ends, and hangers on. I chose my own Wilton wool and they used it to make the carpets. They will do anything you can think of for a cost.

[Detroit Bill]

Originally Posted by lippy

What Patrick said. I sent them seat heating elements and they upholstered them into their seats and added a circuit on the wiring harness. I also sent them sidepipe mufflers from Chambered Classics, and they welded their collectors, ends, and hangers on. I chose my own Wilton wool and they used it to make the carpets. They will do anything you can think of for a cost.

What did you go with from chambered classics? They are local to me.

[RICK LAKE]

Detroit Bill Bill welcome to the party. For shocks startup with what ERA has setup the car with from the factory. There is a whole list of things we need to know before changing the car around. These changes will effect the handling and ride of the car. Shocks, The spaxs have adjustment, for dampening ride over rough bumps. Konis have both dampening and rebound to control both ways the wheel responds to the road.
Before we go crazy with changing the suspension of the car, we need to get some basics out of the way like weight balance of all 4 wheels to match and get a 49/51 ratio of the car front to back and side to side with your weight in the drivers seat. Wheel alignment next. This can vary from razor sharp handling to Queen Mary handling. Does your car have power steering? If not hope you hit the gym for work outs. Also recommend a couple day driving school with the car after you get it. I don't know the power level but this car is nothing like you have drivin before. What tires are we looking at?? What size? 15" are great for the roads and 17" are great for the roads and track. You are just learning about cobras, GREAT. Understand this, this car is just the coolest, but will bite you faster than you can blink. RESPECT IT. I wish you alot of luck. Rick L.

[kevins2]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

Does your car have power steering? If not hope you hit the gym for work outs.

When I was choosing the specs for my car I agonized over the power steering question since I had never driven a Cobra with manual steering, so thought I'd add my 2 cents to this particular topic. If you plan to autocross your car, for example, I would say power steering is very important. If you're designing a street-driven only car, you really don't need it. In fact, I think the feel of the road you get with manual steering is a plus. I've driven my car for many hours at a time on winding, twisting back roads and can tell you it isn't the lack of power steering that eventually wears you down. Yes, steering is heavy in a parking lot, but still not terrible and only momentary anyway. Like most other options, you will want to choose based on how the car will be used.

Kevin

[DanEC]

My car has 70 series front tires so that does probably lighten the steering slightly - but overall it's so light even at a standstill that I just can't see power steering. It's far less effort than my 66 Corvette with manual steering.

Specific purpose like track work or gymkhanan sports such as you are thinking, may be a different matter.

[RICK LAKE]

Kevin2 Alot has to do with alignment and tires. I started with BFG 15" wheels and the steering was ok. Good for the street which I did little and slow on auto cross. Tires where poor all the way around. Poor grip, wear hard, and slip and slide on tracks. Great for smoking burn outs. I went to GT qualifers of Dunlop and the car handled alot better. Changed the caster for the alignment and the car was quicker to respond and feed back was better. After 20 minutes of track time, had no arms left. Called ERA and they installed and setup, an Appleton /sweet rack. The car handles like a slot car with excellent feedback and quicker than me responce. Upped the caster and camber numbers. Car got better. Went to 17" Pilot tires from Mich and the car pulls almost a "g" in turns, .89 with g meter. Had to upper the springs rates 30% in the front and change the compression in the rear end of the shocks. Car keeps improving. Spax shocks are limited with adjustments. Went to QA1 double adjustment shocks. Mich tires are 200 wear and getting harder. over 260 with gauge for testing hardness. Got a set of Nitto 05 with a 200 wear, heated them up and pulled a .98g. Drivers door popped open on the test. I can drive the car hard for 20 minutes and till have some arms left. I think if you check, you will see there are alot of guys running power steering. It's not just autocross and road racing. It's normal street cars.
Does a cobra need powersteering, maybe not but until you have drivin one with you don't know what you are missing. ERA builds a great car, I just wanted it a little better and got it. Rick L.

[lippy]

Originally Posted by Detroit Bill

What did you go with from chambered classics? They are local to me.

Less restriction for a given amount of sound attenuation vs the stock ones. And they sound good.