You're going to have to pick up a 400 air cleaner from a 70-79 TA, the stock 3 gen wont work, or make your own. also WFO have custom shaker bases you can find them at YearOne and Classic Industries I think.

 

I took an original 2nd gen ring, drilled out the rivets holding one end on, cut the ring to size, riveted the end back on and it worked nicely.

 

any new pics of your car?

 

Nothing at this point as the car was completely disassembled for new paint right after I finished the mock-up of the shaker. Then other priorities happened and the project has been on hold since.

 

The second gen T/As had something like 13 different shaker scoops. 70-72 had functional shakers with two solenoids that opened the flapper. 70-76 had the same looking shaker then from 77-81 looked the same but had many different configurations. The early 77 sat very low so they made a late 77 through 79 shaker and the 400 was different than the 403. The 4.9 (301) was different also and a few had 305 chevy engines and the shaker was different for them as well. The 70-76 was the biggest and best looking IMHO. They make a kit to make the non-functional shakers functional. I always liked the 80-81 Z28 air induction hood scoop. They all had functional flappers activated by a switch at the gas pedal. An arm at the end of the pedal pushed the switch about an inch and the flapper snaps open.

 

I realize this is a old post but I am in the process of doing this. So I am grateful this post is here. Was looking for measurements for the opening and you had here Thanks....

 

I still haven't started my shaker mod. life got in the way since my last post here...lol I have everything ready to do it, just no time... Anyone have any finished pictures?

 

i use to have a 81 Z28 with induction. I loved it. I have a 77 Shaker coming now and will start on mod as soon as I get it. The hood is marked but need to see the actual shaker. I think I will take a lot of pics and post them as I do this.

 

Started mod

 

Cant wait to see your progression! Don't forget to install the shaker drain after you're done. You don't want your engine getting wet.

 

well..here is what I got so far....

 

http://pontiactransamshakers.homestead.com/

 

THE NEXT THING i WANT TO GET IS THE FUNCTIONAL CONVERSION KIT. WILL HAVE TO BUY THAT AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT OUT PIECE ON THE SHAKER TO INSTALL IT

 

This is my '82 Bandit with custom made shaker hood

 

Very nice.

Did I see that car for sale one ebay a few months back?

 

About 5 billion times nicer than any other kitt car

 

The shaker hood, the wheel spats and the wheels all work so well together. I really like the look.

 

Thanks, I really wanted to do a 2nd gen inspired 3rd gen Bandit, so this was my interpretation. I had the wheels painted in the same gold as the bottom stripe on this car, and they fit perfectly. I took the dash out and did the gold overlay by hand one panel at a time, and used the 77 SE german font for the decals, and the bird was a darker gold to fit with the "copper" looking color scheme. It really turned out nicely. My next project will be a white bandit, similar to this one, but white with the gold stripe on the bottom, but all of the other fabs, including the shaker hood

 

man that looks awesome!

 

How about some underhood pics / build pics of the shaker?

 

Awesome!

 

Here are some pics of the build. I checked and I don't really have any pics of the underhood or the shaker itself. These are pretty much all I have during the creation of the shaker hood. I followed RICHRAD's ideas, and drilled holes, and used a jigsaw. I still have the template to make another one too.

 

This is my '77 and '82 side by side

 

On the 82 (edit), wouldn't it be cool to find some kind of honeycomb for those front lower bumper grills ?

 

It's actually an '82, but now that you mention it, that's not a bad idea at all. I'll have to photoshop that to see how it looks

 

I like it a lot. possible to get some pics of the bottom side of the hood?

 

I wish someone would make these aftermarket. I have a red 91 that needs this.

 

I agree

 

I'm in the process of doing this as well to my 83. I have a piece of a good for a template, a Shaker, and am likely going to fabricate a drop bad air cleaner specifically to fit my setup as I have tall valve covers and whatnot. This thread is what helped me get so far as I have this far and alot of the folks on here's comments have helped form my approach. I intend to use a filter element lid to help negate the issues of the sucking in road debris to the carb. I'll likely also modify the frame to correct the angle rather than make a spacer as I'm not a machinist by any means. Alot of mine will likely be welding and fiberglass work as was discussed by one of the others who have don't this. And I have toyed with idea of welding the hood section in as he did as well. Anyway, as I actually get started on this I'll endeavor to post pics and whatnot, but sadly, with a move on the horizon, it may be a minute lol.

 

Every time you necro-post God kills a kitten

 

Ich nicht versteh? What does Necro-Post mean?

 

Dredging up an old thread that hasn't been posted in for years.

At least your post is actually somewhat relevant to the thread instead of being totally unrelated like most of the necro posting that goes on here.

 

I was confused as to why it was bad that I posted in here lol. It directly related to the thread, and in my mind three years is not that long. Especially given how long this thread has been used and built upon. Not to mention how long Resto-Mods tend to construct. Thank you for the clarification.

 

This is my 89 Formula that I have been working on. Looks really good in person. Work in progress...

 

That is very cool, nice work

 

..hey ol friend..is everyone on Facebook now?

 

Wow.. 20yrs have gone by nearly.. I'll get some pics posted soon cause now that I'm semi retired and still have the car and shaker parts I've decided to put the shaker assembly
and hood back on and finish the project to the end..stay tuned!

 

I'm still cooking here though I don't frequent as much as I used to. I hope to see this finished as well.

 

And...He's back! Good to see you are still around. I've done alterations to my 89 Formula since 2021 that I can post, I also wired the bird emblem on the 1982 Trans Am tail lights I have installed so that it lights up when the headlights are on. I just completed a long project of installing the bowling ball hubcaps on my wheels after painting them the correct Gold Wing Metallic. Mine is still in progress as well. Post those pics lets revive this thread that you started what? 20 years ago?

 

That's great..youve done an excellent job on the shaker set up..would like to see those new mods..especially the lighted bird

 

I created a custom spacer as well, the slope was 5.5 degrees but it matches the slope of the hood perfectly allowing the rubber gasket to seal up against the hood. I also cut a notch into the spacer so it won't rotate when driving. Then I made it a functioning shaker. I'll share some pics of the tail light mod this weekend, but yah, your thread from 2006 inspired me to do these shakers, I've done 3 now, the first was my '82 Bandit that is pictured earlier in this thread.

 

yeah great to know I passed along some encouragement to take on the task..Im sure there was other ways to deal with merging angles but I was in the machine tool and die field and had access to some instruments and equipment..took some pics today after wrangling up the old


stuff

 

Just went back through some of the original photos...very cool project! Post predates my joining here by about 10 years or so.

 

Here's a pic of my tail light mod with the light up bird emblem. This was tricky with the 82-84 taillights, but look 1000 times better with these taillights. Lemme know what you think...

 

pretty cool, i dog the white bird posted above.. super sweet

 

Mykull, now that is really cool! ..is that only doable with an 82-84 taillight panel?

 

Going through some old thread replys here lately..this one with the minimal hood cutout reminds me of the late 80's Bandit II firebirds

 

I mean no, it can be done much easier with an 86-90 Firebird taillights, but I didn't want those Firebird tail lights, they are lame. The challenge for the 82-84 is there is a transparent layer, and a black piece that fits under the transparent piece. So I had to figure out a way to isolate the light to just behind the bird without lighting up the entire panel and had to modify the bird emblem so that the lines had gold transparent paint in them. Took me about a year of trial and error to make this work, and another 2 years to make my current shaker setup work as functional

 

Yah, those were just props adhered to the top of the hood. Cool looking, but not as cool as the real thing.

 

This is a pic of the tail lights in daytime. They look just like normal 82-84 Trans Am

tail lights, as intended