As of today, Project Source Horse's engine bay is complete! Modifications include the following:

• MRT Hood Struts
• Classic Design Concepts Shaker
• Shaker Base Painted Tungsten
• Midwest Auto Gear Shock Tower Covers
• UPR Fuse Box Cover with Sandblasted Logo
• Vortech High Output Supercharger
• Midwest Auto Gear Radiator Cover and Radiator Cover Extensions
• Custom Engine Bay Plate by Gary Loat
• All Built by Special Vehicle Productions

Here are some before and after pix:

 

I'm jealous

 

Got any photos of the shaker with the hood down so the base color can be seen against the hood?

Congrats!

 

Wow! Looks awesome Brad

 

Very awesome.

 

You can't see the painted base when the hood's closed.

 

For those of you keeping score at home, the engine bay wasn't as easy as it looks. Most obvious, of course, is the blower. The Shaker base had to be modified to fit around that and the fuel rails. There is no kit to mate the Shaker to the blower, so Paul and Jason at SVPU had to fabricate that. The left radiator cover extension had to be cut to fit around the radiator reservior's new location. The shock tower covers wouldn't fit over the Tokico shocks, so a 3/4" hole was drilled in the top of the covers. That worked out well, as now it's easy to access the keyhole to adjust the shocks.

 

Nice.

 

Looks great Brad. Nice Job.

 

Brad can you explain how the shock covers install with the D-spec struts. I thought they snapped over the stock strut. You said you had to drill a ¾ inch hole for clearance so how do they attach?



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Man Brad it looks great, love to see where its come from until now. Nice work!

 

Clips remain intact. The D-Specs are too tall for the Midwest Auto Gear pieces, so the hole allows them to snap down as normal.

Anyone have any ideas on how to plug the holes with something easily removable, like plastic or rubber plugs or something?

 

Looks good.
I would like to make a suggestion. Your Flex Tube that goes from the Shaker over to the Air Filter housing. Have you looked into maybe a Silicone hose for that? I think it would look a lot cleaner yet the engine flex may be an issue.

http://www.stylinmotors.com/index.html

Richard

 

It looks like the outlet from the shaker and inlet for the intake piece maybe be two different sizes. They would have to taper off the inlet side to make it flush.... and if I remember it right (may be wrong), one of those two pieces isn't perfectly round.

It's a very good idea if it can work though. That area would look nice having the tubing from the shaker, to the intake shield, and to the S/C all matching black.

I did see on that site they have 45 degree hose!

 

Unreal. It looks phenomenol. When I read the august 05 date on the name plate I was surprised though. I thought you had got the car in 06 but obviously I was wrong. Time flies. With all the conversions out there....Saleen, Shelby, Roush.....yours is what would think of when a conversion comes to mind. Not trying to start p'n contest against any convertors but for what you are paying for I would think something that looks like this is what you would get. Beautiful job

 

I like the radiatior cover plaque....SWEET!

 

looks verry nice. I have a question are you happy with the set up. I also have a shaker and wanting to get a supercharger. Is the shaker still functional? and do you get good power? thanks

 

I am absolutely happy with the setup. It's hard to imagine what the engine bay used to look like compared to what it is now.

It takes some custom work to get the shaker functional with the supercharger, but mine is. Maybe SVO Paul can chime in about exactly how they did it.

PSH hasn't been on a dyno in about 16 months, but she does make good power. I have a GT500 fuel pump system and Steeda charge motion plates to install. After that, I'm hoping Doug904 (BamaChips) can get a good 500 rwhp tune. That would be 588 at the engine, almost doubling the stock power!

 

What happened to all the machined caps? I see on the Feb 06 picture the brake fluid has a metal cap, but later you've gone back to stock. Others too.

 

I lost 'em.