1st time Club Cobra visitor and ERA owner

[Gilby]

Hi All,

I've only just joined Club Cobra although I purchased my ERA #669 directly from Peter Portante almost three years ago. Some of you may know it as the clone of his green street car CSX 3252. I have done a few things to it such as mounting GoodYear Sport Car Special billboard tires on the Sunbursts. I know this sounds wierd on a street car but it really looks good. Anyway, maybe some of you could help me with some advice on what to do with the undercar exhaust system.

The slip joints at the collecter where leaking badly, making a racket and a mess. I tried Walker Acusti-Seal (what a mess). I figure the DynoMax mufflers may be so restrictive that the backpressure is contributing to the general leakyness. So now I have installed an original set of Cobra exhaust manifolds but this seems to have taken away a bit of power. Any ideas on a leak free header and free flowing muffler combo? I do wan't to stay with the 2" pipes out the back.

Also, does anyone know were I can buy those repro. California black plates and can they replicate a vanity plate such as ERA 669?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Gilby