Cuda 440

[d_stilgar]

You could go with eight straight carburetor pipes like these, although it's a little more hot-rod than muscle car.

Or bent . . .
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/...d361dd.jpg?v=0

You could also go for the Shaker that was on the Hemi Cuda. Here's a pic of a 1/6 scale model that you can find online for ~$30. I'm not sure what the original shaker dimensions are, but if 1/6th of that is skinnier than the top of the case, then it will fit with little modification (I love the HemiCuda, and thought of doing a mod like this using this idea. I got the inspiration from your superbee) I should add that you would probably have to put 426 on the side instead of 440 since the Shaker was featured on the 426 only I believe.

Edit: I stand corrected. This is from a rendering of the Chrysler turbine car if it had made it to production.

[TheGreatSatan]

Here's one of the videos showing a 1972 Cuda 440 that got me on to this mod.



And another with the shaker

[TheGreatSatan]

Oh boy! I've got one hell of an idea!!

Find an old 8 track player or AM radio for a car and remove the bezel. Then fit the bezel over the DVD bay and thus stealth it!

[TheGreatSatan]

I went ahead and bought the same hood scoop as SuperBee had. Also, I'm considering a authentic gas cap for the right side under the striping

[TheGreatSatan]

I cut out the side stripe by hand on a vinyl shelf liner. And no, not directly on the panel

And applied it to the panel.

Then sprayed on the flat black

I bought the "440" as a decal, because I'm horrible with painting on numbers/lettering

Then peeled off the backer

I purposely painted the stripe to go to the front

I'm sorry if it's not perfect. I did it all by hand with no rulers or guides

[TheGreatSatan]

I do like a Tach or an actual speedometer from a cuda on the bezel somewhere. Maybe hack it into the two 3.5 bay doors?

I have looked. Authentic ones are pricey!

[TheGreatSatan]

Thank you!

I cut out the window with my acrylic cutter

And that's done

[TheGreatSatan]

Me too! Ha!

I got the videa card today, the Asus Radeon HD4830
As you can see next to my keyboard, it's about the longest box I've ever seen for a card of any kind

Here's the card. It's next to a CD case for size comparison

I do like that it comes shipped with caps on the outputs and the SLI

[TheGreatSatan]

First off, Newegg said I'd get a copy of WoW with this card purchase, but I just got a trial CD with two 14-day certificates?? WTF?

OK, I tested the card in my Windows 7 test system.

So, I did test the card a bit for what I have available.

DXDiag

GPU-Z

3DMark05 (without my activation code, I can't find it)

And CPU-Z for the hell of it.

[TheGreatSatan]

Alright some things to discuss.

I got the temp guage.

I thought about adding it to the 3.5" bay but it'll probably look stupid.

Your thoughts?

The radio came too.

Now, at best my drive bay is almost 6 inches

. . . . . .but the radio from dial to dial is 7 inches wide.

I'm not really sure I can make this work.

It was fun to take apart though

If I can't use it, I would love to encorporate this logo into the drive cage or something. It wouldn't be something you could normally see, but it would be a cool extra touch

Lastly, I WILL be doing hood pins on top. I kind of have to make it look good with washers and hood pins. I haven't nailed down the final design just yet