Wouldn't be anydifferent than doing it to a 350. All Gen 1 small locks, 283-350, have the same external physical dimensions.

The only difference would be, how tall the intake manifold your using , is.

 

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

 

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.

 

o. well it was worth a shot

 

That is real nice and bad a**

 

Looks good so far!

 

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

 

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

 

Yup, still here. I got mine about 90% finished, then tore the car down to an empty shell to do a 100% rebuild. After several delays, I am hoping to see paint on it this summer finally. Once that is done and a new drivetrain is in, then I should be able to get it totally finished. Probably will be quite some time yet before I get to that point though.

 

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

 

What about the unfiltered/open air/water going down the carb? is there a screen for this?

 

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..

 

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.

 

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?

 

 

Shaker on a Camaro? NO!

 

I know they don't belong, but why not? I've seen them on Monte SSs and they look pretty sweet.

 

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?

Rob...

 

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.

 

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.

 

Shaker looks fine to me. It's hard to find a 77 shaker, versus the 78-81 one. I like how its more low slung then the others. How did you measure up the opening? Did you have a doaner t/a hood to take measurements off of?

 

No, no donor hood, I measured the visible area of the scoop, then I did a lot of research on 2nd gen TA's, and then took about 4 tries of laying out the opening with masking tape until I found something that looked right. Finding the '77 shaker was part of the program, since I thought it looked best with a 3rd gen hood. Getting a good one at a reasonable price was impossible, so I took a beat up one from ebay and repaired it. However, someone cut out the rear of the scoop, and I haven't yet come up with something for it. The opening doesn't look awful, but it doesn't look finished, either. I think some sort of screen insert may be how I take care of that.

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....

TT

 

hey Wilyk9, You out there man, Growing old waiting on seeing that completed Trans Am w/ shaker mod..

 

I finally got my hands on a shaker and a hood for $100...lol The hood is way too nice to cut though

 

So that's on a TPI? Any pics of the engine bay? Curious to see what's going on under the hood.

 

Nice write up!

 

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...

 

Yeah, I hear that..I don't ever give the TA much attention anymores. I just parked it a few years ago shortly after the shaker was done. I list the shaker for sale a few times a year, but no one in the area is ever interested. Do get a few that would like it shipped freighted, but I'd rather someone drive out to get it. Heck , I'm only an hour and half from Louisville ,ky.. I'd really like to get the original hood on there, and unclutter my garage a bit. I open this thread occasionally to see if any others tried what we did. Well, maybe things will work out for you this year.. Later

 

Here's one. A bracket was fabbed from sheet aluminum and mounted via the runner bolts.


TT

 

Anyone have any new pics or anything? Maybe 3/4 shot of the car with the shaker????

 

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.

 

Why would you put a shaker on a TPI car??
On a lighter note, there is some really nice work going on here...

 

Whoa, is the maf still there?

 

No MAF on a speed-density engine.

 

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

 

Ne have some ideas on an air box configuration? Plenumed air vs. Non-plenumed air. Or even flat panel air cleaner vs. Round??

 

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

 

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...

 

NICE WORK.

 

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.

 

Any info on what you used to cut the hole and how you did it??? It came out pretty much perfect.

 

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.

 

LOL, sorry for all the spam, just really interested..lol

 

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.

 

what do you guys think about this for my hood???.....lol

 

It reminds me of something from the 1970's IMHO.

 

Yep, its off The Herb Adams Fire-Am

 

That would be pretty easy to print as out a 1-piece decal. Kinda neat, but you'd hafta have it designed to fit around the opening for the scoop you used.

 

Ahh, I see, that makes sense. Definitely recognizable from the time period. I've always liked the color scheme but from there it would depend how it looks with the different scoop.

 

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.