Superformance & ERA owners I need your help!

[trularin]

Like pouring gasoline on a flame.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by trularin

Like pouring gasoline on a flame.

Hardly... I was at a show earlier this year and overheard an SPF owner saying "For all the money I spent on this car, why the heck they couldn't get the radiator and pedals right is beyond me. What were they thinking?"

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by trularin

Like pouring gasoline on a flame.

Yea, I've been trying to work with him and attempting to get him to dial it down, but our therapy sessions have obviously not done the job.

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Yea, I've been trying to work with him and attempting to get him to dial it down, but our therapy sessions have obviously not done the job.

Have you tried electro-shock?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Chaplin

Have you tried electro-shock?

Yes, even at the 115KVA level. Nothing works.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Chaplin

Have you tried electro-shock?

No, but we may need an intervention in the future. He's taken a breather on the FFR "thing" and now has moved over to a CSX "thing." The SPF "thing" seems like a new "issue."

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

The SPF "thing" seems like a new "issue."

Well, I agree with the guy. Why can't they slant the radiator and why can't they bring the pedals up from the bottom? It's two things that jump right out at you when you look at either the front or interior of the car.

[DR 385]

Good afternoon patients,

I see from today's read, that my ass-teemed colleges, the FETARDS are standing tall and touting their ilk. But today they are showing symptoms of a new malady
ERA-tional thinking.


I do agree with the electro-shock therapy advice. Please increase the voltage. I would say 600v is a good place to start.

The DR is in….

[Excaliber]

...that illusive perfection thing.

[Excaliber]

Well Red has a point about the pedals (but not about the nit picking, heck thats what CC does best)!

My Excalibur pedals were top mounted and it was easy to put your foot behind the pedals on a long drive. Not all that safe, I always worried about getting my foot tangled up in an emergency situation.

But the ERA pedals, being properly placed on the bottom, is one thing I miss about the Excalibur. A little wider foot box with a dead pedal would be a nice feature.

...and that SPF radiator is just wrong I tell ya.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

But the ERA pedals, being properly placed on the bottom, is one thing I miss about the Excalibur. A little wider foot box with a dead pedal would be a nice feature.

Ol' Red is blowin' smoke, Ernie. They widened the foot boxes starting with ERA #731 and here's a shot of my pedals, spaced a bit more apart than the norm. Plenty of room for my Bozo the Clown size 12EEE's plus a dead pedal. Thank you very much.

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Ol' Red is blowin' smoke, Ernie. They widened the foot boxes starting with ERA #731 and here's a shot of my pedals, spaced a bit more apart than the norm. Plenty of room for my Bozo the Clown size 12EEE's plus a dead pedal. Thank you very much.

"AC" pedals??? Expect a call from Lubninsky's lawyers shortly.

[Cashburn]

And why can't they use '80s GM brakes???

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Cashburn

And why can't they use '80s GM brakes???

Most of us simply "upgrade" to the Sierras or Wilwoods, depending on one's preference.

[Excaliber]

My pedal spacing is just right. I dialed in the brake pedal height to be "right at" the throttle level for a better heel/toe action, by the way. I wonder what it would take to remove part of the left side glassed in area to widen the footbox like the newer cars have? I might be getting out my sawzall in the near future... Still, I'd like to see the dead pedal further down below the pedals to stretch out a bit, like the Excal.

That dead pedal, I need to add that to my list of the "perfect street Cobra" specs!

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

That dead pedal, I need to add that to my list of the "perfect street Cobra" specs!

Uhhhh, you just might want to add this to your list as well. It's an adjustable rev-limiter that I have tucked in the back of my glove box. I can turn the knob and the car won't rev over a certain RPM -- had that Kirkham that got "rocked" by the German safety inspector had this he could have simply turned the knob all the way down and told the guy "it doesn't rev very well, and it doesn't go very fast." That just might have saved his car.

[Excaliber]

I don't know if the rev limiter is a must have, BUT... I'm getting ready to ship my car to the mainland. Lately I have found myself contemplating my options to limit the power in some way. Not a bad idea, just in case some shipping nut decides he wants a quick test drive.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

I don't know if the rev limiter is a must have, BUT... I'm getting ready to ship my car to the mainland. Lately I have found myself contemplating my options to limit the power in some way. Not a bad idea, just in case some shipping nut decides he wants a quick test drive.

Once or twice I have forgotten and driven it with the knob cranked all the way down and what happens is the MSD unit starts alternating spark systematically missing on different cylinders. Your immediate reaction is "OMG, what is wrong with my engine!" I think it would be difficult to get in real trouble with it turned all the way down. Still possible, but difficult.

[Cashburn]

Or maybe those rolled edges on the interior?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Cashburn

Or maybe those rolled edges on the interior?

You don't want rolled edges?