What would you get?

RICK LAKE · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 06:25 AM

RAO-3 The quick release in not legal in the state you live in. You could add it to the car after you go through the state inspection of the car. If you are running side pipes, ERA has covers for them to pervent burnt pants and legs. You will have to check on this for your state also. Rick Lake

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

RAO-3 The quick release in not legal in the state you live in. You could add it to the car after you go through the state inspection of the car.

Go ahead and get the QR hub now, just carefully wrap the column with black duct tape and the inspector will never spot the finger holes for the quick release. If you ceramic coat your side pipes your leg burns won't be as bad. I had a mental lapse yesterday and got out of my car (wearing shorts) after a hard ride and sizzled the inside of my left ankle. But after lubing it up good with aloe I think I'm gonna keep most of the skin -- the burn is the size of a fifty cent piece. If I didn't have the ceramic coating it would have been much worse. You keep telling yourself, "Next time I'm going to remember not to do that..." but sooner or later you always forget.

RAO-3 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 11:51 AM

Rick, do you know if wipers are required? Never thought to check on this one, and no one has mentioned this before.

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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

RAO-3 The quick release in not legal in the state you live in. You could add it to the car after you go through the state inspection of the car. If you are running side pipes, ERA has covers for them to pervent burnt pants and legs. You will have to check on this for your state also. Rick Lake

patrickt · #4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RAO-3

Rick, do you know if wipers are required? Never thought to check on this one, and no one has mentioned this before.

Regardless of whether they are required or not, you'll want them. And they are not particularly easy to install or calibrate. ERA cars use a solid state circuit mounted up against the firewall that turns the motor momentarily in to a generator to properly park the wipers. Just go ahead and pencil them in on your worksheet.

Chaplin · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 12:14 PM

Ray-
Call up Special Titles Division of DMV in Trenton, tell them you want to title a kit car and have them send you the "Reconstructed Vehicle" packet of information. It details all of the rules your car must comply with.

JWheaton · #6 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 12:36 PM

The great thing about ERA is that you get to put your deposit down and then have some time to think (save) for options.

Go for the twin paxton supercharger option!

What is your budget?

I know others will jump all over me for this, however, the outward brakes are really nice, but not needed if it interferes with other items on your wish list. Inboard brakes help to stop the car pretty well and have been doing so well before they offered this option. Go big with the front brakes regardless.

1) Powder coating
2) Bond and rivet by ERA (they know what they are doing have them do it)
3) Assemble roller (unless this is what you want to do)
4) 6-pin wheels only if you will be doing 95% street driving.
5) Pipes (location and mufflers) depend on your tastes and who you want to drive with (you married?

)

It might be easier to pick the options you shouldn't get!

I have a spreadsheet with the options on them I can send to you for pricing out car. Give me an email and I will send it tonight.

Jamie

Jim Holden · #7 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 01:05 PM

Just to clarify a point made earlier on; you can change the pads on the inboard Jag brakes without having to drop the entire rear out of the car. There is a removable panel behind the seats that can be removed to access the brakes. It does help to remove the seats (four bolts each) to give you room to work. Having said that, however, there is no question that the outboard brake setup is easier to access and the suspension has provision for easier adjustment of the suspension settings, etc., but it does come a price premium.

On the street, the inboard Jag system is more than adequate. After all the basic system came out of a car weighing two tons or more vs. an ERA at 2,500+/-

Jim

patrickt · #8 (**permalink**) 06-09-2008, 02:27 PM

Jim's right on all of that -- but the only downside I can find to having the ERA outboard rear is that it's pretty darn hard to get to the front driveshaft U-joint for lubrication. The integrated handbrake cable mount gets in your way. What would really be nice would be a small removable trap door on the passenger side of the tunnel at the base of the floor. That way you just remove the passenger seat, take out the trap door, and *poof* the U-joint is right there in front of you. Yep, that would be nice alright.