At the Sandown 500 there was a phantom XR8 ute with a XY style skaker sitting up out of the bonnet!! it looked absolutely fantastic....a sure thing of what Ford MUST do for next GT! whoever it was, i congradulate you on a fantastic looking job, well done! it works really well with the bonnet buldge too!
did anyone else see this, and if so do they have any pictures?
Believe me (rod c) the shaker is functional,the owner is Paul Racoualis,he's in the process of opening up the yet to be named Shaker installations and is also talking to Ford about certain issue's ,he should have a bussiness name in about 6-8 weeks.The cost will be approx.$1200-$1400. His PH. 0438722672, Paul is also a member of the FPV & XR Owners Club of Vic.
Cheers John
Saw that car at Sandown also. Was trying to see how it was plumbed in to the system, couldn't see much, one pipe from the front drivers side another from the passenger back? Intake looks to loop around the front to the shaker.
Look's good it really suit's the bulge,he's on a good little bussiness there,does it actually shake like the old one's,I cant see how this would be affected by ADR,when you see car's like the WRX and Nissan Patrol turbo and their scoop's.
Well if so they could just make it a mould like the WRX one and let the air filter sit in a panel below it would still be functional like an old shaker and comply with ADR.
So if Ford are not allowed to do why would an individual. It Looks absolutely awesome, but I would hate GT owners getting a canary and wasting al that money.
I also wonder if there would be any performance gain out of it being functional and all.
I love it, however I would just like to see a more modern moulding used for the shaker scoop to suite the car. Maybe even colour coded? That shape has been around for a long time, designed to suite an 1971 XY.
Which ADR is that? - I have yet to see any one actually quote the particular Design Rule in black and white, regardless of all the "I don't think it would comply..." If someone has access to the Australian Design Rules CD-ROM from DoTaRS it would stop a lot these threads in their tracks, and we would know once and for all.
Im not sure which one but shakers on BA Falcons have been discussed many times and many people have said that due to ADR's Ford cannot fit a shaker to a modern day car.
I think it looked good back on the XY...but we are now 30 years on.....maybe an airinduction more akin to the Merc SLR would be better. I also like the starter button under a flap at the top of the gear shifter
Its a ford not a merc silver gt it's the tradition thing you know?
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