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I own two Contemporary's and like them both. I made removable transmission crossmembers,original contemporary's are welded in and you must remove the engine to work on the clutch or transmission. I also didn't like the rivnuts that were used to install the front suspension and steering rack so I welded thru bungs that were threaded. I have one car with inboard brakes and I am currently making outboard brake set up using left over parts from Cobraracing and fabricating my own lower control arm and incorporating a watts link set up. Contemporary offered both coil over and torsion bar front suspension. Both of mine are torsion bar and the car has a GREAT ride and handles well. I would think coil over will ride well also and ride height is adjusted easier than torsion bar.

Never owned an ERA but having support has got to be a plus. ERA has one inch larger brake rotors than Contemporary but may not make a difference in braking between the two. ERA has a complete removable rear axle assembly and I believe they use trailing arms. I would consider an ERA if I were two buy another Cobra kit car.