Question about the Shaker setup ...past and present

[KZ]

Hey guys (and gals) for those who have shaker hoods on your vintage or newer Challengers, if the weather should rain while you are out driving, does the wet air get sucked into the airbag and affect performance? I think the shakers are so cool, but if the rain would affect the performance of the car, then that would be something to consider

thanks

[rUNCHARGER]

On the old cars there is a dash mounted knob which can close the fresh-air door and only ingest air from underhood. A small amount of water injection is fine anyway except I find it dirties the air filter a bit.

Sheldon

[Gus cuda]

I love the look of the shakers, but there is two definite down sides, first one is if you have a carb fire they take much longer to get to, second is they don't completely close in the event of rain. But I'm guessing most of us don't drive these cars in the rain, so really the carb fire thing is my biggist worry.

[rUNCHARGER]

I keep a 1/4" drive setup in the console and only secure the bubble with 4 screws. I have heard of guys setting up 4 wingnuts as a hold down to make access easy. It seems the more prepared you are the less chance of having an incident.

Sheldon

[Topcat]

If you're really worried about a carb fire, I'm sure there is a fire retardant mat that could be glued up inside of the shaker bubble.

Once timing is set correctly and that of course you're using an electronic ignition system, you shouldn't ever have a carb set on fire.

If it does, keep cranking, it'll suck the flame out.
Just stay off the gas pedal if it does.

Good idea to PM the carbs and fuel lines once a year since this fuel we run is high in alcohol content.   

[IroquoisPliskin]

As some guys stated before you can close the cold air door from the inside of the vehicle but even when driving in the rain I haven't noticed any affection to the performance, so far.
Few times I already even have removed the bubble after driving in rainy weather and I always found the inside to be dry.
I suppose the amount of water getting into the bubble is nothing one really needs to be worried about.

[Racer57]

I use a nut driver to remove the two bolts(1 each side) I have holding my bubble on because it seems like every damn time I put all of them in, for some reason I have to take it back off. I keep the nut driver in the glove box.