Doing the shaker assembly mod for real
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Re: Doing the shaker assembly mod for real
The only difference would be, how tall the intake manifold your using , is.
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Re: Doing the shaker assembly mod for real
thanks for the help.
another question, do you have to make the shaker hood piece or is there a company that makes it? cause all the cars that had shakers that are in the junkyard in my town have already been parted out
another question, do you have to make the shaker hood piece or is there a company that makes it? cause all the cars that had shakers that are in the junkyard in my town have already been parted out
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Re: Doing the shaker assembly mod for real
if by shaker piece u mean the air cleaner assembly, those came from the factory. i havent been able to find a place that makes aftermarket ones.
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Re: Doing the shaker assembly mod for real
taht is ****ing sweet. i thought about making one for my z28 using a hemi shaker but didn't think it would look right so i got a cowl instead. really nice job
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WOW!... Great to see this site is still out there.. Hey wilyk9 you still following this thread?... I haven't looked at it in 2 years. The T/A still sits in my garage with the shaker and all. Did you ever get yours fully completed? If anyone out there still needs any info on this mod, I'll try my best..I hope to get the car started this spring and get the hood bird decal on and 5.0litr badges on the shaker
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WOW!... Great to see this site is still out there.. Hey wilyk9 you still following this thread?... I haven't looked at it in 2 years. The T/A still sits in my garage with the shaker and all. Did you ever get yours fully completed? If anyone out there still needs any info on this mod, I'll try my best..I hope to get the car started this spring and get the hood bird decal on and 5.0litr badges on the shaker
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yeah, look forward to seeing your finished result someday...Sometime ago i got alot of pm's asking me how to do this. But i'm not sure what else i can add to help those out. I know being a machinist by trade helped me address the angle issue with the aircleaner vs. the hoodline slope. I had to machine an alum.adapter angle ring more than once. Also separating the resin from the metal housing on the shaker allowed great adjustment when fitting back together. I considered the whole thing a wash and did not expect it to really work. The route you chose was also a good option for those with sheet metal and welding skill. When i revisted this thread i was hoping to see a few attempts posted and pics too...So, for anyone wanting to know how to do this mod, please read the thread carefully and i'll try to go further in depth with any ?'s
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What about the unfiltered/open air/water going down the carb? is there a screen for this?
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I've often wondered about being out in a heavy downpour. Besides the shaker having it's own drain, it appears that water would track down the original air cleaner duct and out the exhaust manifold stove pipe before it could get over the air cleaner base dome. Also the K&N can handle water. At the same time I guess there would be a little water injection going on from the mist. I do remember the first season i run this set and occasionally picking debris out from the air cleaner. A grid or screen would do some good in the suction of airborne trash. Have tossed that idea around before too..
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I know this is an old thread, but I have to say that the work done to make it sit right and look "stock" was really awesome. A little creativity and skill goes along way. I'm good on the creativity side, but lacking some on the skill side to do a mod like this. Judging by some of the posts made here one could probably make soem money on the side if they were able to mass produce some of the required parts for the conversion. I'd definatley like to see more pictures of the finished product. Very cool work all the way around.
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i have always wanted to do a shaker hood on my camaro its a 91 camaro rs with 305 for now soon to be swapped but how much more work do you think it would be to do to a camaro???? and its also tbi too so would it work corectly?
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I know this is an old thread, but I have to say that the work done to make it sit right and look "stock" was really awesome. A little creativity and skill goes along way. I'm good on the creativity side, but lacking some on the skill side to do a mod like this. Judging by some of the posts made here one could probably make soem money on the side if they were able to mass produce some of the required parts for the conversion. I'd definatley like to see more pictures of the finished product. Very cool work all the way around.
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I'm going to be starting this project son, can anyone give me any tips to what to look for when setting this all up?
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Very cool mod. A few years back I saw a 75 t/a that actually had the shaker braced to the hood so it would open when the hood opened. He had a different intake on but wanted the effect of the shaker hood. All he had was two aluminum braces holding it to the hood from the underside , from the outside it looked perfect. This would eliminate the possible clearance issue on our cars.
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I'm doing one on my '92 vert. It took quite a lot of measuring before I started cutting the hood, and I'm still not quite done, but here's a shot of what I have so far. This is (so far) about 40 hours of work (measure, re-measure, re-re-measure, cut, fabricate mount to fit TPI manifold), and I still have much to do. The scoop was not in the best of condition (cheap, though) but I'm getting there. I decided to cut the hole so it looked best, and then fab the mount to fit. Probably was a lot more work that it should have been, but so far, I'm happy with the look. I still need to adjust the height of the scoop and put a lip on the hood opening.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
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I'm doing one on my '92 vert. It took quite a lot of measuring before I started cutting the hood, and I'm still not quite done, but here's a shot of what I have so far. This is (so far) about 40 hours of work (measure, re-measure, re-re-measure, cut, fabricate mount to fit TPI manifold), and I still have much to do. The scoop was not in the best of condition (cheap, though) but I'm getting there. I decided to cut the hole so it looked best, and then fab the mount to fit. Probably was a lot more work that it should have been, but so far, I'm happy with the look. I still need to adjust the height of the scoop and put a lip on the hood opening.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
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The measurements went like this....
I made a template of the scoop from corrigated cardboard and positioned it until I came up with this...
Rear edge of hood at centerline to back of opening - 7 inches
Left & right edge of opening to edge of hood
rear of opening - 24"
Front of opening -23.5"
front of opening to front edge of hood at centerline - 32"
I've attached a simple schematic of the measurements I got.
These measurements would only be applicable if a 77 shaker was being used. (obviously)
Hope this helps....
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I finally got my hands on a shaker and a hood for $100...lol The hood is way too nice to cut though
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I'm doing one on my '92 vert. It took quite a lot of measuring before I started cutting the hood, and I'm still not quite done, but here's a shot of what I have so far. This is (so far) about 40 hours of work (measure, re-measure, re-re-measure, cut, fabricate mount to fit TPI manifold), and I still have much to do. The scoop was not in the best of condition (cheap, though) but I'm getting there. I decided to cut the hole so it looked best, and then fab the mount to fit. Probably was a lot more work that it should have been, but so far, I'm happy with the look. I still need to adjust the height of the scoop and put a lip on the hood opening.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
Rob, If I can help you any let me know.
So that's on a TPI? Any pics of the engine bay? Curious to see what's going on under the hood.
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Still here, and rebuild still in progress. Paint job fell through last summer, now on the agenda for this summer. Growing old just waiting on that. If it doesn't happen this time, I think I will just paint it myself. With all the distractions and other priorities, this rebuild is taking much longer than planned. Someday...
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Still here, and rebuild still in progress. Paint job fell through last summer, now on the agenda for this summer. Growing old just waiting on that. If it doesn't happen this time, I think I will just paint it myself. With all the distractions and other priorities, this rebuild is taking much longer than planned. Someday...
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Anyone have any new pics or anything? Maybe 3/4 shot of the car with the shaker????
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Finally picked up a shaker to start my mod..lol Came with a fresh coat of white paint all for $50..lol Its in really nice shape.
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Oh... didnt have a clue what speed density was, i thought all TP's required maf's. But I looked it up and learned better. TY
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Ne have some ideas on an air box configuration? Plenumed air vs. Non-plenumed air. Or even flat panel air cleaner vs. Round??
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Here's what i'm going to use to mate the drop base of my air cleaner to the bottom of the shaker, I call it "scoopula"...lol
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here is a sneak peak of my shaker hood mod, I plan on making a whole thread for my car build once its done (in a few weeks) which will have more pics... It sits on top of a 355 TPI...
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NICE WORK.
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I'd put one on my T/A TPI, but I'd mount it to the hood as mentioned earlier. It would be just for looks.
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Here are a couple of pics of how I handled the ridge around the scoop opening on my conversion. Kind of an expensive option since I had to sacrifice an original 2nd gen TA hood, but I really wanted it to look like the factory installed the shaker. Besides, I already had a hood off of a 77 TA that I parted out.
In the first picture you can see that even with sectioning the shaker mount, I still am very close to the hood because of my intake. The TA grilles in the front of the hood will be filled with metal panels as part of the paint job, but I will be keeping the rear vents. I will also be adding a hood bird to complete the 2nd gen style.
In the first picture you can see that even with sectioning the shaker mount, I still am very close to the hood because of my intake. The TA grilles in the front of the hood will be filled with metal panels as part of the paint job, but I will be keeping the rear vents. I will also be adding a hood bird to complete the 2nd gen style.
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Thanks for the compliment. All of the cutting was done with a cutoff wheel on an angle grinder, and the shaping was done with a flap wheel on the same angle grinder.
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I picked up the hood today and the shaker scoop should be here Wed 12/1/10. I think I will just attach it to my hood since I am running a TPI Set up. For $100 bucks for both a little experimenting can't hurt.
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Hi, I just picked up a shaker on ebay and want to do this to my car down the road. How did you guys attach the top half to the bottom half. I don't think anyone ever said. I know the original ones had a big ring that held the 2 halves together. I will probably be copying the guy that took the other 305 air cleaner and flipped it upside down since I bought a shaker with a 400 base on it. It will be too big to fit if I use my original 305 air cleaner base. I hope someone replies.