I will be installing my supercharger very soon.....I like the shroud now but I was thinking that if I will be cutting it up anyway why not go ahead and trim it out....?

 

i have the full shroud on mine still. plan on keeping it so far.

 

I give you guys a lot of credit for cutting up the shaker. It looks great. What did you use to trim it? Did you use a poer saw or a pair of snips?

 

You couldnt cut that hood with tin snips if you were Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I used a jig saw and it wasnt easy (doing a good job).
There are a few areas in the cut out zone where you will be going through
several layers of metal.

I cant tell you how glad I am that I did it though.
The Shaker is the cherry on top.

 

Jig saw with fine tooth metal cutting blade. Actually I went through three blades, just to be on the safe side, and just because I had them. I highly recommend a variable speed saw. Slow and steady is the key.

 

Good call & 100% correct.

Slow on those corners or it will get away from you.

 

hey guys i used a 4" angle grinder and it worked great!!!

i just went through the first layer real slow, peeled it off and then cut out the under bracing....

went like a hot knife through butter, and was clean and simple too.... no jig sawing action to get jerky or throw you off

 

2 problems with keeping the full shroud..

1. Restricts view of the camcovers if you decide to paint or powdercoat them.

2. The shroud/scoop will need to be removed everytime you go to the dyno (PITA). They have to clip onto the #1 coil pack.

The way I (and a few others) trimmed the shroud, the noted 2 problems no longer exist.

 

i will definately be trimming mine this spring when i do my throttle body cleaning....

it just looks cleaner, i like the shroud a lot but its time to get trimmed up

 

plus i wanna make it easier to see the headers once i get them on

 

I guess I didn't post pictures of the end result so here they are. I used a cutting wheel to trim the shaker after I masked it off and used a sharpie to mark where I wanted to cut. I then took a propane torch and melted away the plastic fuzzies from the cutting wheel. Lastly I buffed the edges with a polishing wheel and it came out so nice I didn't even bother to add the trim around the edges.

 

hey can you get a close up of the edges, i may do that to mine too, i dont really want to put some big nasty trim on the edge of my shaker if i dont have to... i prefer the clean edge if i can

 

Check out post #78 Nate. It's about as good as the picture gets. Very smooth and no rough edges.

 

WOW Leo! That thing is really shinin!

When did you get a painted chin spoiler? Or paint the textured one?

 

i meant how did you trim the plastic shaker. I realize the hood couln't be cut with tins snips.

I imagine you have to have really steady hands if you plan on using a dremmel with a rotozip blade. A rotary blade might be a bit easier for straight lines but the curved ends might be a bit hard to do.

 

Thanks. I got the chin painted back in November. Best decision I ever made. Looks so much more OEM than before.

 

My bad...

 

Dremel with router bit.

 

Dang, after seeing the shroud mod I think I am going to have to trim mine as well

 

Doesnt that trim cover only come in like 24"...?
hey Bill....did you use a drill bit?