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Old 06-20-2015, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by sea2jet View Post
I owned a 4000 series cox continuation car with an aluminum Shelby engine and personally, I like my ERA better than the CSX car. The ERA feels so solid. No squeaks or rattles, it drives wonderfully. That, and being 6'3" and all legs, I have plenty of room in the ERA compared to the CSX cobra.
Straying a bit from the subject but I have to agree about the ERA. My prior experiences with small roadsters has been riding in friends Triumphs, MGs and a couple early Corvettes - all of which shook, tramped, and rattled when ever in motion. My ERA, for an open top, ladder frame car, feels like it's one solid chunk - no shaking, vibration, rattles - just solid. I have a steering column squeak sometimes when it rubs against the side of the dash opening in a left turn and my fairly rigidly-mounted undercar exhaust system has some tinny-type noise when first started but other than that - solid, rides comfortably, and has plenty of leg room length. By comparison when I climb into my 66 Corvette I feel like I need about 3 inches more leg room and that I can barely get my foot up on top of the clutch pedal.
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