Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
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Twin Paxton Superchargers
Folks:
I was up at ERA wandering around last weekend (after a session at Ford Carlisle) and came across this work in progress: twin superchargers, automatic trans and a big scoop on the hood to cover it all.
What a beast this is going to be; a very accurate replication of the "Cosby 200 mph" car.
Jimthat a nice Picture Get some more detail shot from pete if you can. I want to see this hood after it's done. I still have not given up on my supercharger yet. The ball paxtons fit with no problem, the novi 2000 has a bigger housing. Rick Lake
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #375 427 S/C - 428FE - Toploader - 1968 AMX 390 Go Pack 4 Speed - My Daily Driver is a 2004 Crossfire
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I went over to ERA at lunchtime today with my digicam in hand. I have quite a few photos of the Twin Paxton Black Beast which I will put up on a web page from my web server. The Paxton car was being worked upon as I was there and the dashboard was being wired and fitted and the tunnel fitted to the automatic transmission lever bezel. The hood of the Black Beast was up in the loft and it too was "special". I am not too sure the photo of it will display well as black could hide the lines. This hood was probably not easy to fabricate.
The car is a challange it appears as there is not too much "normal" or regular on it in the engine compartment. The expansion tank is way way out front extended due to the superchargers. The carbs are Holleys and the intake is an Eldebrock with side by side carbs. The carb linkage is also not standard. I think it will be a bear to check the oil on this car.
In addition, Don's car is back in the shop from the painters and appears to be the next in line for fittment and installation. His is red with gold stripes. Don, there is another red car there with silver stripes on it. Being color blind, I can get those confused.
A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
If you like the dual paxton setup - here's a picture of 'my work in progress'. It is not historically correct as I opted for the low profile blower setup so I wouldn't have to alter the hood.
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Here are some photos that I took recently on a visit to ERA.
This one is of about 7 bodies curing in the sun. The bodies cure for quite some time to stabilize before any work is done to them.
A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
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Here is a picture of the Twin Paxton project car which is called the Black Beast. Here is Doug on the left bending down into the Cobra cockpit with Jack on the right. They are fitting the tunnel to the automatic shifter. I do not know who the gent is standing on the far left.
A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
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Here are some other pictures of the Paxton Car...
These are pretty massive images in number of bytes so the resolution should be super. Enjoy by clicking on the urls below.
Each URL is a link to an individual picture. Once the picture loads, if you move your cursor to the lower right hand corner of the picture a increase size icon may appear which will allow you to expand the image to full size.
Here is a picture of the intakes from the driver's side door perspective.
A shot of the custom linkages for the carbs. The maifold is an Edlebrock, one I have never seen before. Everything is very neat and perfect on this car as you would expect from Doug and Richie of ERA. These guys are good.
Here is a picture of the massive black hood with the custom twin paxton air scoop. This is a very wide scoop. Sadly the black color hides the true lines of the hood. It was hanging up in the upholstery shop loft.
Here is a picture of the location of the coil and dipstick. I really like the turned dipstick handle but the coil due to the pump location is really out of sight.
A car can massage organs which no masseur can reach. It is the one remedy for the disorders of the great sympathetic nervous system. Jean Cocteau 1889-1963, French Author, Filmmaker
Just to give you an idea of what the hood looks like, here it is before paint.
(It's done now, but it's hanging up and I was afraid to chip the paint. )
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
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Folks:
A couple of other "modifications" that I noticed were required to get all of this to fit into (and under the hood of) the ERA:
The (smaller) alternator is down under the passenger side supercharger. It required modifying the frame for clearance and to get the hold down bolt installed.
The trans tunnel is wider to accommodate the auto trans which required that the seats be "splayed" slightly to fit.
I think the hood looks really nice, but it needs just a little more work to make it look "right", and the side-pipes are gonna be a bit of a challenge, too.......
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