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    Offline HemiDog

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    Shaker hood conversion
    « on: May 24, 2005 - 11:09:27 PM »
    I jumped into the fire tonight by starting the conversion of my flat hood to a shaker hood.  I cut the braces out to fit the new shaker brace and did a rough cut for the hole.   :eekbig:
    I will try to finish it up this weekend because I leave town tomorrow.  :newsad:
    I am nervous on this one.  :puke:
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    Offline Cranker

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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005 - 09:04:07 AM »
    Sounds cool, got any pics?
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005 - 12:00:14 PM »
    Quote from: HemiDog on May 24, 2005 - 11:09:27 PM
    I am nervous on this one.  :puke:

    Please keep us up to date, I have been kicking around in my head the same thing.
    Did you buy a "kit" or have you just been picking up pieces?

    Again I'd be pretty interested in how this works out for you.
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #3 on: May 25, 2005 - 01:06:00 PM »
    Since we have started on this topic, can someone please show some pics of the underside of their shaker bubble, the base plate and other pieces.  I bought the kit but the instructions are worthless and not only that, there is no hardware for the kit so I will have to come up with something.  Can someone also take a pic of some of the fasteners for the bubble and doors ect . . .  All help is always greatly appreciated!!  :worship:  PICS PLEASE!! 
    « Last Edit: May 25, 2005 - 03:54:03 PM by 4cruzin »
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    Offline Pistol Gripper

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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #4 on: May 26, 2005 - 05:15:23 AM »
    Hemidog,

    I can't believe no one has done this yet:

     :worthless:

    I'm real interested in seeing how this goes. 

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    Offline HemiDog

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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #5 on: May 27, 2005 - 08:24:09 AM »
    It would be nice to have some picture of the actual assemblies.  I bought the brace, trim ring, and a flange tool but don't have any instructions on this.  I do have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done and am kind of winging this.  My biggest concern right now is making sure the hole and trim ring line up straight with the hood.  Once I am good with that I will work on making the aftermarket trim ring look a lot better and repair some other rust holes and damage to the bracing of the hood.  The plan right now is to do some more work on this tonight and carry over to tomorrow (if the woman doesn't want me to go out of town with her  :eeksmall:).  I will take some pictures and post them as soon as I get some that don't make me look like a total tard.  ;D
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #6 on: May 27, 2005 - 10:18:09 PM »
    Here is what I have done so far.  I am feeling better about this but did have to learn a couple things along the way.  First, the after market trim ring sucks.  I will make it work but the top of the ring doesn't match the contours of the bottom.  With that said, you need to line the trim ring up based on the top.  Don't worry that the holes for the studs will be all over the place. they won't show.  Second, make sure the hole for the scoop is perfect to fit the trim ring before you flange the lip.  I had some areas that were off and had to go redo everything.  Thankfully I didn't have to do any repair to get things to work.  Tomorrow or Sunday (depending if I have to go out of town) I will weld the brace in.  You will notice the brace mounted in the picture, but it is only tacked so I could get the hole cut and ground to the approximate correct size.  I then removed the brace to fit the trim ring and fine tune the hole.  Once I weld the brace in, I will go back to the trim ring stud holes that I have in the hood and finish drilling them through the brace.  I will post more picts when I finish.  Until then, enjoy and make fun of me. :)
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #7 on: May 27, 2005 - 10:27:18 PM »
    That's lookin' really good!!  Gonna be sweet!!     :thumbs:   :thumbs:   :thumbs:   :drool:   :drool:   :drool:
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #8 on: July 08, 2005 - 01:00:17 AM »
    have any updates on this??

    Thanks!
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #9 on: July 08, 2005 - 06:50:02 AM »
    how do you know where to put the hole, and how do you know you got it in the right place?  short of cutting it and looking for a new hood when you screw one up.

    there must be some tollerance (hidden by the trim


    I did not know they sold a ..."home conversion kit"
    I have a flat hood, I thought about selling, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought about converting it.  I could send it off, but wow the cost is unreal.

    Who sells the kit and how much does it run?

    *** found one www.shakerhood.com

    http://www.shakerhood.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=130&osCsid=4e1f663537463571677927be8519f130
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #10 on: July 08, 2005 - 08:59:42 AM »
    FYI.. I have heard less than raving reviews about the fitment of the adapter ring and trim ring from shakerhood.com... but then again, I  have only "heard"...

    Brent

    Does anyone have a writeup on how to do this? I suspect that people are reluctant to do this because if they know how then they are selling them and making lots of $$...
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #11 on: July 08, 2005 - 09:29:23 AM »
         The brace that I used is the same one (I believe, but not 100%) that www.shakerhood.com has.  I have to say that I was not impressed with the fitment.  The brace that Harms' is selling looks to be far superior, granted I have never seen one up close.
         There is tolerance when installing the brace.   I chose to leave about an inch of the original brace underneath the new reproduction.  Once the old brace is cut down and the center section removed, the new one can be test fitted and adjustments made till it fits well and is centered.   There are enough contours on the brace and left on the original that it will self center pretty close.  At that point I tack welded the new brace in and traced the hole.  The hole will be the same size as the one in the new brace and should be in the correct location after the above is done.  The tack welds were broke, the hole cut, and then the trim ring needs to be tested against the hole and adjustments made to the hole to fit the trim ring.  I assume this will just need to be done with the aftermarket trim rings as little tweaks only needed to be made to various areas.  (Harms’ trim ring might be a lot better too.)  Once you are happy with the hole, flange the edge, permanently install the brace, drill the hole for the trim ring studs, and install the trim ring.
         If you are curious about Harms’ pieces you can see them here: www.harmsauto.com
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #12 on: July 08, 2005 - 10:12:07 AM »
    I started to buy the kit, but after talking to Gene Gregory for a while I chickened out. He didn't know that I was thinking about buying the Ben Snobar kit. He said that he screwed up several nice hoods before figuring the process out completely. I manage a body shop and felt like we could fix almost anything that I screwed up, but decided to go with the Gene Gregory kit from Six Pack Performance. For whatever reason, my reinforcement had been removed from the hood completely and then reinstalled. I had to do a little body work on the hood surface to get it back flat again. It was a little wavy. Now the only problem that I have is how to run the carb air cable on my a/c car. It normally goes through the firewall on a non a/c car where the driver's side evaporator line goes through the firewall on an a/c car. I'll have to figure this one out. I can't drill to the side of that hole because the a/c housing is there. Oh well, I'll figure out something. I plan to alter the firewall to a non a/c wall later. Keep us posted on the progress. I might try to do a kit for one of my other cars.
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #13 on: July 08, 2005 - 12:06:34 PM »
    I was recently at www.shakerhood.com which is located in Washington state.  I bought a Ralley hood for a challenger there.  I looked at the complete shaker hood system they had there but the cost was too rich for my pocket.  His prices on his web site aren't neccesarily what he charges you.   His son who is in high school updates his web site for him.  The hood cost me about $160 more than his listing (I live in WA so I excluded state taxes).  He had lots of items not on his web site in the warehouse though.  Including 1970 passenger side chrome mirrors. I think they were around $285 for the top piece and the bottom piece was $85.  He had a guy in Seattle who would install the inserts on a flat hood for $500.  So I guess my prices for going the shaker route would have cost me around $3,510 after taxes.  :nopity:
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    Re: Shaker hood conversion
    « Reply #14 on: July 08, 2005 - 12:32:49 PM »
    yeah they are looking for $2500 on the site from the hood down to the carbs  then you have to purchase the carbs, linkage, intake, if you do not already have what you want. then there is tax or shipping.

    I would love to convert the hood I havem but unless I have the six-pack (that I would want) I have no Idea if I would have the hole in the correct location...lotta money to fork out.

    I figure bottom line from intake up ... near $5K


    Quote from: wiging19 on July 08, 2005 - 12:06:34 PM
    I was recently at www.shakerhood.com which is located in Washington state.  I bought a Ralley hood for a challenger there.  I looked at the complete shaker hood system they had there but the cost was too rich for my pocket.  His prices on his web site aren't neccesarily what he charges you.   His son who is in high school updates his web site for him.  The hood cost me about $160 more than his listing (I live in WA so I excluded state taxes).  He had lots of items not on his web site in the warehouse though.  Including 1970 passenger side chrome mirrors. I think they were around $285 for the top piece and the bottom piece was $85.  He had a guy in Seattle who would install the inserts on a flat hood for $500.  So I guess my prices for going the shaker route would have cost me around $3,510 after taxes.  :nopity:
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