11-17-2015, 03:47 PM
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Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Originally Posted by patrickt
When I say "all aluminum" on the ERA, that means, mostly, the engine. Intake, heads, water pump, flywheel, etc. should be aluminum to shave the weight. Short of tossing off one, or both, of my roll bars, there is very little I could do to lighten my 2500 lb. weight. Going to an aluminum block would be it. But remember, that's pretty much what the street 427 Cobras weighed back in the day.
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Well, unless you are ERA2076.
Goodbye Kansas
He's building a small block but I think he anticipates getting down to pretty close to 2000 lbs - and chassis/suspension wise ERA FIAs are pretty much same as the 427 models. |