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Offline 71chmark

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Shaker option
« on: January 08, 2006 - 12:36:55 PM »
Were Shaker hoods only an option on Hemi cars?
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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2006 - 02:42:09 PM »
I believe that cuda's all came with shaker hoods but not sure about the challenger.   :dunno:    :cheers:

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2006 - 02:50:42 PM »
Shaker hood was standard on Hemi cars and optional on Challenger Hemi.
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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2006 - 07:57:12 PM »
option on 340's up. I think the hemi challengers were supposed to have shaker standard but had a production problem. I'm sure you'll get more info on this.

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2006 - 08:09:24 PM »
They ran our out shaker hoods for the Challenger and used T/A hoods near the end of production

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2006 - 08:12:23 PM »
I was thinking the original shakers for challenger didnt meet saftey specs, crumple zones or something and didnt get the redesign ready for regular production.

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2006 - 08:32:33 PM »
The shakers were available on 340, 383 4-barrel, 440, 440-6 and Hemi cars.

They were not available for a while do to saftey concerns, in a front end collision the hoods were going back through the windshieds and killing the drivers.

They were available again ( with crumple zones built in ) before the T/A hoods were introduced, so the whole "shakers were replaced with T/A hoods" thing is a myth.

T/A hoods were available on non-T/A Challengers as an option on 1970 and 1971 340, 383 - four barrel, 440, 440-6 and Hemi cars after the hoods came available for the T/As.

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2006 - 10:53:37 PM »
Shakers  were part of the Hemi package on CUDAs only , so all hemi Cudas had them unless other wise optioned , Challs were stad with the ralley hood & had optional shakers which is why there are less Shaker Challs than Cudas

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Re: Shaker option
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2006 - 05:07:53 AM »
Thanks for th info.
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