I want to put a ram air/cowl hood on my Z28( similar to the one in the Thunder Racing ad above). It looks good and good looks are nice to have on a car. My dad presented a new idea to me. Im sure everyone has seen a 2ND generation Firebird Trans Am at one point in their life. If you have then you are aware of the shaker hood scoop they have on them. My dad thinks that the shaker hood scoop would look good on my 84 Z28. Im not sure though. Let me know what you all think of this idea


Thanks Drew

 

sounds interesting, haven't seen it done, i think it fits too

 

I saw one here locally for sale... on an old faded brownish Camaro... looked like an 84 i think.... it looked sweet... i was gonna check it out but it was gone the next day.

 

Not really what you're looking for, but this is the hood mod I am having done when I get my car painted. If the hood shaker your talking bout is what I think it is, this kinda looks like that. This is an ss hood. Stripe will be black by the way

 

there is a guy on these boards that has that done to his car.

 

DISTURBthePEACE I was wondering about the skull and cross bones plate that you have on your car.I've seen that plate on several cars and wondered why or if it meant anything,just curious.

 

they sell that tag at autozones around here, and that isnt the hood he is talking about, i know what you mean, the scoop stays on the breather when youlift the hood right? yeah i saw a red 3rd gen around here the other day with it, go for it those things are cool man

 

Here is the shaker hood scoop my dad suggested---
http://geocities.com/motorcity/7963/pictures/80ta.jpg

 

Ok. The first one was a dud Lets try this one---

 

Bandit II's & some Pro Ams I've seen recieved 'shaker' hoods. I've never looked/seen one close enough to see if they were truely functional though.

 

I'd assume they really sported no use other than looks though.

 

It means my car is like poison....you mess with it, your gonna get hurt. Na, just kidding, I just thought it looked cool. Its not there anymore, somebody stole it. I have taken off the entire front plate thing and put a bra on my car now. Let me tell ya, gunmetal grey and black look HELLA good together . I'll try to post some pics if/when I get some.

 

Thanks for the explanation.I thought that it was some kind of cult following thing,j/k.:lala:

 

Not that YOU know of j/k get.....skull.....plate....from....autozone.......

 

I dont think the Pro AM one was functional. I know it was functional on the second generation ones. Yeah that skull and crossbones plate is everywhere down here. My dad put one on the front of my mom's Caddy. It stands out on that car just a little, kinda makes ya look twice.


Drew


By the way , I know this isnt really the place to post this but, I have a Trans AM hood (3rd gen) that I want to sell If anyone needs just let me know

 

NOoooooo!.....you....can't...make..me! :lala:

 

I went to my local junkyard and bought the entire shaker ***'y for a TA and put it on my 89 convertible, it looks great! The trick is in cutting the hole in the hood. Trace the opening from the shaker hood of a 2nd gen T/A (that's the easy part) Now when you go to copy it onto your hood make sure its far forward enough to clear the distributer when it's mounted! Now, you have to cut the hole. Putting a hole in a perfectly good hood takes a bit of nerve. I drilled a pilot hole and cut the hood with a jig saw (do a neat job cause you will need the piece later. You'll need to cut the underhood frame back from the opening another 3/4 of an inch (use a cut off wheel it does a neat job). That piece you cut out of the hood? pry the piece of underhood frame that's glued to it off and put it in a safe place. The shaker scoop mounts to the air cleaner so again you have to modify it. I found that by taking the stock air cleaner cover and cutting it at the 45 degree angle where it goes down to meet the base you have the basic parts you'll need for making the shaker mount on a small block.

 

Part II : Making it fit.
Pry the steel mounting plate off the bottom of the fiberglass scoop, your gonna fasten the cut out piece from the hood instead! Put the bottom of your old air cleaner on the engine put the "ring" that you have from the top on top of it, now place the sheetmetal you cut out of the hood on that and theshaker on that. Carefully close the hood and line up your scoop, open the hood and mark where the ring meets the sheet metal and where the sheet metal hits the scoop. Cut the circle out of the sheetmetal and fasten it to the ring (I welded this) now join the sheet metal to the scoop; a couple of rivits and some caulk does it. I cut the back out of the scoop and mounted secondaries off two carbuerators spring loaded to make the scoop functional. Piece of cake!

 

lets see some pics!

 

lets see if they show up

 

heres the new bottom part of the scoop

 

heres the shaker with the old mount for a big block air cleaner already seperated.

 

heres the hole in the hood and (hopefully) the secondaries mounted inside the scoop.

 

Let's see if I can get that hood to show up!

 

Looks good so far doesnt seem as complicated as I thought. Keep me posted. I have got to find the shaker hoos soon because I am going to start painting my car sometime next week ( mostly just preping it for paint.


Drew

 

Lets see a pic of the finished product.

 

Finished product? That may be a while, I'm in the process of dropping in a new motor, guess I might as well throw that pic in too. It's not complicated to make as a matter of fact after buying the whole shaker from the junk yard I realized the only part I needed to buy was the fiberglass scoop. You can get a brand new ready for paint shaker scoop from JC Whitney! Of course making it functional takes some more work but I've seen lots of them on 2nd gen T/A's with the back of the scoop left open. Anyway heres where the car is at today.

 

heres what I put in the oilburners place:

 

Heres a bad *** hood mod, incase if all of u havent already seen it but here it is again.