Shelbyfied Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Yes its hear! Functional hood scoop, functional rivets, and KR bar on whipple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwsam Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Yes its hear! Functional hood scoop, functional rivets, and KR bar on whipple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFBLUE Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Is this the same version that Chip Beck has told us about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 It is different Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFBLUE Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Oh sorry. Must have missed the previous thread discussing this. Need some more back ground info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Yes its hear! Functional hood scoop, functional rivets, and KR bar on whipple ....so....what are we looking at here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 This fabrication was done at Posie's Rod Shop. It is a Ford Racing strut tower brace used on the KR. It has been modified to clear the Whipple. The underside of the hood was also modified to make the scoop functional. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 This fabrication was done at Posie's Rod Shop. It is a Ford Racing strut tower brace used on the KR. It has been modified to clear the Whipple. The underside of the hood was also modified to make the scoop functional. Roger Wow, that's some nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500-07 Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Yes its hear! Functional hood scoop, functional rivets, and KR bar on whipple some nice work, any pictures of the strut bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFBLUE Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hummelstown, PA? How much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I don't know how much that was never mentioned. I do have pictures buy they are from the original poster who was a Shelby Autos Forum member. He is not on this site as much as he was on the other site. I'll ask is he will allow me to post. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hawkins Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Actually, unless the Holes direct Air in a chamber to the Throtle Body (Via Filter Box) then all it does is blow Air on the Engine as well as Water from Rain and Washing. I'm not sure how hard it would be to make the Air Chamber with the Strut Bar. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump_breaker Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Actually, unless the Holes direct Air in a chamber to the Throtle Body (Via Filter Box) then all it does is blow Air on the Engine as well as Water from Rain and Washing. I'm not sure how hard it would be to make the Air Chamber with the Strut Bar. David. That is what I was thinking . I like the idea and the work is great but what about the scoop is functional. You need to make a port to the intake to draw outside air. Not hammering your idea there Shelbyfied, just commenting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08SGT1977 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Very nice! I remember seeing a post about Posie's some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwsam Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't know how much that was never mentioned. I do have pictures buy they are from the original poster who was a Shelby Autos Forum member. He is not on this site as much as he was on the other site. I'll ask is he will allow me to post. Roger All told, $3k. The idea was to cool things off under the hood as the Whipple just made it all warmer. I really did not intend in this mod to force air to the ram intake. But, in my little twisted mind, any cooler air helps. Even in the spring I could feel heat through the fire wall, or I imagined I did. Psychologically, it all works for me. Additionally, I could not stand the thought of losing the STB. I was naive and only found it gone following the Whipple install. Got otu the FRP catalog during my bed time readking(keep a copy on the night stand) and saw the "KR" stb. Of course, it bumped the whipple and the air intake. Not to be undaunted, I trekked off to Posies. They did one heck of a job. I would not tout it as the fix for all, but, I am very very pleased with my little twist on the shelby effort. In closing, the scoop seems to be very stable now. Still has its cute little dimple direct from the factory, but, if I am not mistaken, these imperfections were all part of the Shelby way. The may went fast in style, he did not pursue the concours tropy. So, the legend lives on. My next aspiration, if I do dump the cash is a 6 speed install as it seems the jump from 2nd to 3rd is long. Add a 4:10, but, I digress! ps, this is #3501, survivor of "fridge boy" if you have been around long enough to know the story. In fact, fridge boy, now all of 14 started this post, I think he may trade under Shelbyfied! He is up for lease! stwsam hershey, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerS Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Is he still cutting grass Todd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07shelbygt109 Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 All told, $3k. The idea was to cool things off under the hood as the Whipple just made it all warmer. I really did not intend in this mod to force air to the ram intake. But, in my little twisted mind, any cooler air helps. Even in the spring I could feel heat through the fire wall, or I imagined I did. Psychologically, it all works for me. Additionally, I could not stand the thought of losing the STB. I was naive and only found it gone following the Whipple install. Got otu the FRP catalog during my bed time readking(keep a copy on the night stand) and saw the "KR" stb. Of course, it bumped the whipple and the air intake. Not to be undaunted, I trekked off to Posies. They did one heck of a job. I would not tout it as the fix for all, but, I am very very pleased with my little twist on the shelby effort. In closing, the scoop seems to be very stable now. Still has its cute little dimple direct from the factory, but, if I am not mistaken, these imperfections were all part of the Shelby way. The may went fast in style, he did not pursue the concours tropy. So, the legend lives on. My next aspiration, if I do dump the cash is a 6 speed install as it seems the jump from 2nd to 3rd is long. Add a 4:10, but, I digress! ps, this is #3501, survivor of "fridge boy" if you have been around long enough to know the story. In fact, fridge boy, now all of 14 started this post, I think he may trade under Shelbyfied! He is up for lease! stwsam hershey, PA I remember "fridge boy,"I still cringe at the thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwsam Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Is he still cutting grass Todd? he is now a hired slave of Hersheypark. And, yes, he is still cutting. But God love him, he learned a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichards Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 All told, $3k. The idea was to cool things off under the hood as the Whipple just made it all warmer. I really did not intend in this mod to force air to the ram intake. But, in my little twisted mind, any cooler air helps. Even in the spring I could feel heat through the fire wall, or I imagined I did. Psychologically, it all works for me. Additionally, I could not stand the thought of losing the STB. I was naive and only found it gone following the Whipple install. Got otu the FRP catalog during my bed time readking(keep a copy on the night stand) and saw the "KR" stb. Of course, it bumped the whipple and the air intake. Not to be undaunted, I trekked off to Posies. They did one heck of a job. I would not tout it as the fix for all, but, I am very very pleased with my little twist on the shelby effort. In closing, the scoop seems to be very stable now. Still has its cute little dimple direct from the factory, but, if I am not mistaken, these imperfections were all part of the Shelby way. The may went fast in style, he did not pursue the concours tropy. So, the legend lives on. My next aspiration, if I do dump the cash is a 6 speed install as it seems the jump from 2nd to 3rd is long. Add a 4:10, but, I digress! ps, this is #3501, survivor of "fridge boy" if you have been around long enough to know the story. In fact, fridge boy, now all of 14 started this post, I think he may trade under Shelbyfied! He is up for lease! stwsam hershey, PA This is the scoop we should have had. Looks great! The Shelby way, as you describe, is not what people like me expect - lame quality parts and poor warrantee support. It's a shame to me that you had to pay $3k extra for what should have been done in the first place. The originals had their stripes painted on. Oh and beware of the 6 speed. When I was at the Dealer (Drew in La Mesa) today they had a brand new Shelby GT500 on the rack getting it's trans changed out. Not sure what happened, but that's not a good sign. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipBeck Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 All told, $3k.......Still has its cute little dimple direct from the factory, but, if I am not mistaken, these imperfections were all part of the Shelby way. stwsam, I initially thought about making the stock hood scoop functional as well. But when it heated up and started warping the cosmetics disturbed me and I wished to correct that as well as opening the hood scoop up into the engine compartment. For that reason I changed the materials the scoop was made out of as the cute little dimple, curled up edges, and ripples really bothered me. No dimples here...... nothing but smooooooth sailing. Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Fridge boy! The legend od ShelbyAutos.com! Still cutting grass! Good Job Dad, lesson indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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