Cuda SRT8 392 Gen.III Hemi

I decided to make a thick shim to bring it out where I'd need it. I figured if it was one piece of thick aluminum, it would just be equivalent to a thicker starter base. I first made a paper pattern which I later modified when applied to some ABS plastic sheets. I made a 3/8" shim and several 1/8" shims. Through trying several combinations, I derived 5/8" as the magic number. I was able to find a piece of 5/8" aluminum billet which I brought down to a local shop that has a water jet cutter. He used my ABS pattern and cut out a nice, one piece shim for me. I don't have a pic of the aluminum shim in place, but you can get the idea from the pictures below.

With the starter shimmed out, this left the snout of it hanging in the air. Some people believe this is OK, but I wasn't satisfied with that conclusion. The snout would normally rest in an exact size hole in the scattershield. I bored this hole out and ran a piece of pipe throught the hole (the pipe ID is the size as the snout) until it bottomed out on the seat of the snout. I cut the pipe off even with where it came out of the scattershield; welded it; ground it and smoothed it, then had it re-powder coated the stock red color. FWIW, I wanted to change the color of the SC to match the engine, but a close friend lobbied hard to keep it red. LOL