Chrysler bringing back the Shaker hood scoop on Challengers

[Rich Jordan]

(Fox News)

[PawPaw]

Yeah, about that whole "shaker" thing.

Back in the day of points, plugs, and condenser I was taught that a properly tuned V8 engine shouldn't shake. My grandad would tune his engine, start it, then stand a nickel on edge on the air cleaner. If the nickel fell over, something wasn't right.

It's a cool visual styling cue, but the engine shouldn't shake.

[PawPaw]

At idle, or at steady state, yes... While revving, it's just physics. A big V8 no matter how well balanced, WILL shake while revving up and down.

Well, yeah. While revving it will shake. That's easy to explain. I used to love watching the old man rev that engine and watching it roll under the torque.

[Cobar]

Great... now make it 800lbs lighter, and give it enough window area to actually be able to see out of it.

I find it humorous that the cars that have such large blind spots are what the sheriff's's department and police department all have here.

[PawPaw]

I've noticed some of the local agencies using them. The last Chrysler product I drove on-duty was a Plymouth Satellite back in the early '80s. The windows would pop out at 88 mph. Really great for a police car.

[308Mike]

Yeah, about that whole "shaker" thing.

Back in the day of points, plugs, and condenser I was taught that a properly tuned V8 engine shouldn't shake. My grandad would tune his engine, start it, then stand a nickel on edge on the air cleaner. If the nickel fell over, something wasn't right.

It's a cool visual styling cue, but the engine shouldn't shake.

At idle, or at steady state, yes... While revving, it's just physics. A big V8 no matter how well balanced, WILL shake while revving up and down.

As well as a large V-8 with a 3/4 race cam in it, loping at idle.

[308Mike]

I saw and heard an old Chevy Chevelle today, while sitting at a stop light, and as I listened to that big V-8 loping along at idle, I could only think of this post. As that BIG OLD V-8 took off (slowly), I could only grin and smile while that muscle car drove away, even though it needed work, I would have LOVED to have that big, powerful, LARGE BORE V-8 (in that car body), to call my own (regardless of the cost of gas - I would STILL LOVE to have that car!!!)!!!

Had that engine been equipped with a simple stock cam, I would have been simply happy. But since someone had loved that engine enough to put a larger cam in it, it sounded even better (although its gas mileage had probably radically decreased), I would have LOVED to be driving it (and/or owning it)!! At least as a SUNDAY driver!!!

It's hard to argue with the deep-rumble of a true muscle-car!!

[Rich Jordan]

My Challenger, with its piddly stock 318, sounded absolutely awesome because it came (to me) with decent dual exhaust and Walker Continental glass pack mufflers. I still regret my uninformed decision to remove them and replace them with lesser mufflers (Thrush) that sounded like crap; I did not know what they were.

It didn't have the lope (being a stock cammed 2 barrel) but the tone.... ahhh the tone out the back was magical.

I picked up a pair of NOS Walker Continentals a few years ago for when the car goes back together. I may not keep them on but I'm going to give them a fair shake. The only glasspacks worth having.

[McClarkus]

I watched V8 top fuel dragsters go down the track a few times. I think the nickle would have had to be welded in place......

[HTRN]

I watched V8 top fuel dragsters go down the track a few times. I think the nickle would have had to be welded in place......

8000hp will do that.