Functional Thunderbird Shaker Protype
Reply #31 –
Still doin that mood thing ehh ? I used the scoop I like to mod my car. Yes, I confess. I never said anything about supplying others with vintage scoops though I can supply reproductions of the vintage scoop to those who like as well as the 2003 Mach1 scoop.
I'm sure if you think harder you'll find lots of other issues to re-think, life is like that. As for being tough to sell this is a product that I've been asked by Fox mustang guys to do for years. I didn't come to me in a dream or through the "Force" . When I'm finished with it if they like it , which I'm sure they will that'll be great. If not, oh well, can't please everyone.
A little history lesson.
Back before the second coming of muscles cars, before EFI became the norm and when multi-carbs were the induction for high horse power steer cars there were lots of mods regular working guys did in that actually hurt performance. In the early 80's average jobs didn't pay like they do now and only "Grown people" had credit cards. I brought home about $110/week. Had to pay rent, car insurance, buy gas, eat and maybe date. There was never much left over. There was nothing on the show room floor that made more than 150hp. Building a car was done in many steps and took years to finish. Most of us couldn't afford to take our puny 2V engine down to the speed shop for a performance rebuild. Even a budget rebuild kit was two weeks pay. I can't count the guys ( including me) who did headers first. Hooker Super Comps cause we WOULD have the big engine to back it up when we found the money. Car got loud and actually slowed down. Next was a cam and 4V intake. A big cam and carb with a stock converter and 2:73 rear. Sounded great prowling the street but didn't go much faster due to low compression smog pistons. Stainles steel flex fan was a must even though it made the engine run hot on the street. Giant Pro-Trac & Mickey Thompson tires for the pro street look. Not enough gear to turn em. Skinny tires up front. Looked cool as long as you made your turns at idle. A modern example is the K & N Extreme air filter top. While it seems like a great idea it was proven by 5 different magazine dyno tests that it hurt performance but people still buy them in droves. Reason why is while it may inhibit high end engines that breath hard it has no noticable effect on the average performance engine. Who turns 5000 rpm on the street let alone 6500+ ?
Now 500+ hp is just a check book away. Imports run in the 11's on street tires and a/c. The mustang is back in the game after almost a 15 year nap and most all performance cars run great right out the box with few restrictions. A shaker on the average car isn't going to hurt performance. Put on on a high power, high reving engine and that's a different story.
No fix required. Life fixes itself :rollin:
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