Considering a Superformance have lots of questions

[Detroit Bill]

Had a great field trip today with my two sons.

We visited the local Superformance dealer
His showroom is located in Ligenfelter Performance
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering | Perfecting the art of performance for over 41 years

We then visited RM Motorsports
RM Motorsports – Wixom Michigan

First the dealer had two rollers for us to look at. The cars looked good, fabrication looked good, glass work was straight. Very sexy car, is it authentic? I am not sure I care that the body lines are "correct", they are in good proportion and look good. I am still seriously considering 17" rims so the authentic part is questionable anyway. I sat in the cockpit and the pedal setup would take some getting used to. Everything is jammed up to the left.
I guess that is the price for cramming a large engine in a small car. I have to say overall it looked like a quality build. I would put two roll bars in. I know this is frowned upon by everyone buy Patrick and I like the look better with one but I think it is prudent to have two (if they mount to the frame).

Two things the ERA web site questioned was where the outboard portion of the roll bar mounted. From an assembled car I could not tell. Second the body side of the door latch is not mounted to the frame but mounted in the fiberglass. I could not confirm either of these. Has anyone had one torn down enough to tell me where the outboard leg of the roll bar mounts? Can anyone confirm what the body side of the door latch is mounted into.

I can say except for those two questions I would be comfortable with a Superformance Chassis.

Lingenfelter was very cool. They have 2 engine dyno's and one chassis Dyno. Lots of Chevy stuff everywhere. There was a 1000 hp Vett on the lift next to the Cobra.

RM motorsports was even more interesting. They do Cobra engine and trans installs for the dealer and are certainly capable of that. Their business is to rebuild old race cars and help people race them at vintage races. It was an awesome operation with older race chassis being rebuilt and prepped.



Overall a very interesting afternoon.

I spoke to ERA and I am getting a quote on a chassis prepared similarly to a Superformance so I can do somewhat of a comparison.

Bill