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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 3394476" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>Man, this brings back memories of the 1979 Buick Estate Wagon Limited that the family had for a few years. Olds 403 4-barrel, GM 400 Hydramatic. People laughed when I drove it around town, but stopped laughing if I smoked an unsuspecting racer wanna-be at the stop light. Of course, I had to choose my battles wisely, but the end result was hilarious.</p><p></p><p>Once I stopped at a performance parts shop to get a new air filter, and the guy behind the counter was surprised when I gave him the part number. He came out to look at the engine, and had the comment he’d only once seen a 403 in a full-sized Buick of the same vintage. Then he smiled and said, “You might try flipping the air cleaner cover upside down and see what happens.”</p><p></p><p>I found it an odd comment, and forgot about it till a few days later, when I was at my buddy’s house. We popped the hood and looked closely at the cover, and it had a flat raised ring just inboard of the rim. When we flipped the cover upside down, the flat ring sat squarely on top of the air filter’s rim, with the rim of the cover now raised about an inch so that the outside of the filter was exposed. We shrugged, tightened down the wing nut, closed the hood, and headed out to the nearest straight section of road.</p><p></p><p>We got into position, looked up and down the road to make sure it was empty, and floored it. Wow, what a difference in pickup, and we could hear a loud whoosh as air was sucked in through the narrow opening into the filter. We were thrilled and had some fun blasting up and down the road, but wisely I flipped the cover back right side up before I went home <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 3394476, member: 7157"] Man, this brings back memories of the 1979 Buick Estate Wagon Limited that the family had for a few years. Olds 403 4-barrel, GM 400 Hydramatic. People laughed when I drove it around town, but stopped laughing if I smoked an unsuspecting racer wanna-be at the stop light. Of course, I had to choose my battles wisely, but the end result was hilarious. Once I stopped at a performance parts shop to get a new air filter, and the guy behind the counter was surprised when I gave him the part number. He came out to look at the engine, and had the comment he’d only once seen a 403 in a full-sized Buick of the same vintage. Then he smiled and said, “You might try flipping the air cleaner cover upside down and see what happens.” I found it an odd comment, and forgot about it till a few days later, when I was at my buddy’s house. We popped the hood and looked closely at the cover, and it had a flat raised ring just inboard of the rim. When we flipped the cover upside down, the flat ring sat squarely on top of the air filter’s rim, with the rim of the cover now raised about an inch so that the outside of the filter was exposed. We shrugged, tightened down the wing nut, closed the hood, and headed out to the nearest straight section of road. We got into position, looked up and down the road to make sure it was empty, and floored it. Wow, what a difference in pickup, and we could hear a loud whoosh as air was sucked in through the narrow opening into the filter. We were thrilled and had some fun blasting up and down the road, but wisely I flipped the cover back right side up before I went home ;) [/QUOTE]
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