Shaker system

Meximan · Jun 28, 2004

has anybody successfuly accomplished this mod? .. I'm just curious to see any pics you might have.. and any performance enhancements it may have caused.

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760-MPH · Jun 28, 2004

although it looks cool, its a waste as far as performance goes

GT-03 · Jun 29, 2004

Do you mean something like either the CDC kit or the KarKraft kit?

GaPonyFarm · Jun 29, 2004

760-MPH said:
although it looks cool, its a waste as far as performance goes

I agree... If you want the performance, you'll need to buy the rest of the car, too.

rickster99 · Jun 29, 2004

But it does look cool. I have considered it just cause of how nice it looks. I just dont understand why none of these companies sell the entire kit and when I say the entire kit I mean including the mach1 hood not cutting out the stock GT hood. It looks so much better that way. As far as performance your definately better off going with something else.

GT-03 · Jun 29, 2004

rickster99 said:
I just dont understand why none of these companies sell the entire kit and when I say the entire kit I mean including the mach1 hood not cutting out the stock GT hood.

Hoods are rather large, and more difficult to ship.
Hoods need to be painted.

The KarKraft kit uses the Mach 1 hood, which I agree yields a better looking result, but requires you to buy the hood locally.

rickster99 · Jun 29, 2004

Well I understand that they are large and harder to ship, but you can have a crate engine shipped to the steps of your house why not a hood?

340.29m/s · Jun 29, 2004

Mine was surprisingly easy to do... It was like it shoulda come that way from the factory!

trublustallion · Jun 29, 2004

GT-03 said:
Hoods are rather large, and more difficult to ship.

Hoods need to be painted.

The KarKraft kit uses the Mach 1 hood, which I agree yields a better looking result, but requires you to buy the hood locally.

that makes absolutely no sense
many hoods need painting, theyre shipped. If you want a 01-04 scoop, you can also get the hood with it, shipped. Yet, they both need to be painted and get em to your house or business.

Testcase · Jun 29, 2004

I got the CDC system on mine. My understanding then was that the Mach1 hood wouldn't line up correctly for the Shaker... ?

GT-03 · Jun 29, 2004

trublustallion said:
that makes absolutely no sense
many hoods need painting, theyre shipped.

Well, I did say "more difficult", not that it was impossible.

Are you claiming that one could just toss the hood into the same box as the scoop, bracket and air tube, and ship it all UPS?

At least from what I have experienced, hoods need to shipped by truck. That, all by itself, fits my definition of "more difficult" to ship especially to a private home.

GT-03 · Jun 29, 2004

Testcase said:
I got the CDC system on mine. My understanding then was that the Mach1 hood wouldn't line up correctly for the Shaker... ?

Yes, using the CDC supplied bracket for the scoop, the scoop will not align with the hole in the Mach 1 factory hood.

The KarKraft kit uses a different bracket which does successfully align the scoop with the hole in the Mach 1 factory. It is just that KarKraft leaves it up to you to get the factory hood through your local Ford dealer.

GT-03 · Jun 29, 2004

Meximan said:
has anybody successfully accomplished this mod? .. I'm just curious to see any pics you might have.. and any performance enhancements it may have caused.

Sorry, this should have been my first posting here since it helps to actually answer your question.

The TV show "Horsepower", on SpikeTV, installed the CDC kit on a black Mustang convertible (a 1996, I believe) project car they have been using for several upgrades.

You might want to see if you can catch that episode. They showed all the steps involved in installing it (boy, did they make it look easy and quick!), and did the before/after comparisons.

myponyrocks · Jul 14, 2004

I put the shaker on mine, I like it better than the mach 1 hood. I would have gone with the mach 1 type systems if there were more aftermarket hoods available. The CDC one took about 1.5 hours to install, including cutting and cleaning. www.cardomain.com/id/myponyrocks13 No real differences in speed, nothing that I can prove... I'm still in denial that I spent 900 bucks (including paint and tools) for 3 HP, but damn it looks good

caballo · Jul 14, 2004

So. If I get the Mach 1 shaker and hood from Ford they won't line up on my 2K3 GT and that's why I should go with KARKRAFT kit if I want the OEM look?

_jb_ · Jul 14, 2004

GT-03 said:
(boy, did they make it look easy and quick!), and did the before/after comparisons.

Everything those car shows do make it look easy. Afterall, they get/have any part they need for free.

caballo · Jul 14, 2004

for a perfectly maintained car with all the right tools...

GT-03 · Jul 15, 2004

Caballo said:
So. If I get the Mach 1 shaker and hood from Ford they won't line up on my 2K3 GT and that's why I should go with KARKRAFT kit if I want the OEM look?

The Mach 1 and the GT have different engines. Therefore, the bracket needed to connect shaker to the engine is different. Ford makes only the bracket for the Mach 1 engine. KarKraft makes a custom bracket for the GT engine.

Other than for the brackets, the parts are the same.

myponyrocks · Jul 15, 2004

The Hood WILL Line up, the shaker will not w/out the proper brackets. Just to let you know, the CDC applique DOES NOT look like an add on or cheesy. It fits nice and snug. I can understand wanting the Karkraft kit, I almost went that way myself, but if you ever want a S/C the CDC kit can accomadate that, not sure if the Karkraft kit can.

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