I have a 79 Trans Am, probably frowned upon by the original guys, and even myself to some extent. I bought it 6 years ago, drove it for two then decided I wanted to tear and down and make a custom Trans am. So it has a 78 nose on it, the Tan interior is getting replaced with all Black, custom gauges and the like. I've done 95% of the work myself or with my dad. I got it with a 71 400 in it, came with a 301 according to the build sheet. I have since replaced it with an Olds 455. To the real question. I have a Mr. Gasket Butterfly hood scoop, and two hoods. One hood for the Mr. Gasket scoop, and one hood the shaker. Here is some pictures (fairly old) of the engine bay and how the engine sits, I'd like to try and keep the shaker on the engine, I know the stock bowl doesn't like holley's or Demon carbs so I need to make a custom holder in place of the bowl and look for a relatively small filter assembly to put on it. Was curious if anyone had some idea's for this.
Apologizes in advance for it being super dirty/dusty looking. It's been sitting in the garage a while due to the move(s)
The gallery if only on the 4th page, but has some hopefully helpful shots of how the engine sits, as far as how tall it is and such.
http://www.sourcekills.com/gallery/album35?page=4Thanks for any help.
-Nick