home made shaker
08-05-2009, 03:53 PM
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: kansas
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oh thanks man
and yea after looking at it i think its best
and i was thinking why the hell would i go through so much work to channel air and not gain any HP when i can just buy a CAI lol eh i guess it looks better anyway.
and yea after looking at it i think its best
and i was thinking why the hell would i go through so much work to channel air and not gain any HP when i can just buy a CAI lol eh i guess it looks better anyway.
08-05-2009, 06:41 PM
#25
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
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+1, what the fellow has done (quite nicely I will say) is make a functional hood scoop. Functional to the extent that air really flow through it, it won't do squat for power.
Shakers shake because the scoop is mounted on the carburetors/throttle body and sticks through a hole in the hood--when the engine shakes the intake scoop shakes.
Oh, real shakers don't do squat for power either, but they look pretty cool...
Shakers shake because the scoop is mounted on the carburetors/throttle body and sticks through a hole in the hood--when the engine shakes the intake scoop shakes.
Oh, real shakers don't do squat for power either, but they look pretty cool...
08-05-2009, 08:24 PM
#26
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Austin, TX
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A thread in the mach section got me thinkging about this - I want to modify the intake from the shaker system on my mach. I was going to take a second stock airbox, and close off the opening to the fenderwell with fiberglass, and then convert the tubing to the shaker to a fully sealed system, using pre-formed plastic tubing with silicon joints. This way all the air going into the motor will be from the scoop.
I know it won't add power, but it should make for a kickass sound when accelerating. The thing I'm worried about is water. If the route to the filter is sealed, any water that gets in from the scoop will pool up in the low spot of the system (most likely the area of the airbox beneath the filter). What would be a good way to prevent an issue with water while still attaining the goal (making the path from the scoop air-tight)?
I know it won't add power, but it should make for a kickass sound when accelerating. The thing I'm worried about is water. If the route to the filter is sealed, any water that gets in from the scoop will pool up in the low spot of the system (most likely the area of the airbox beneath the filter). What would be a good way to prevent an issue with water while still attaining the goal (making the path from the scoop air-tight)?
Last edited by PaintballFreak; 08-05-2009 at 08:27 PM.
08-06-2009, 07:19 AM
#28
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ohio
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Filter wrap will really help quite a bit, but you will still get some moisture through there. And really, with underhood temps the way they are, I doubt you have to worry about that moisture pooling up too much.
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