If you turned your filter around, all the contaminents that were on the dirty side are being pushed DOWN into your engine.

A custom intake is easy, and running 3" ducting is easy as well on 92-99 models.

No, not turned around that way. I meant turned around the other way; I rotated it. It'* still facing the correct way, it'* just that the black hole is on the other side of the airbox. Sort of a cheap life extension, if you will.

Try this -

Gaah! 2.84 ratio! I do have a floor-shifter, though. Can this be changed by swapping a gear or pulley? If I ever blow this tranny, I'll ask about one with a higher gear ratio... or maybe even one of those new continuously variable automatic transmissions.

So, it hesitates when you floor it before it does anything? That'* not gearing, that'* a slight problem. Does it chug or anything?

You started thinking intercoolers!?!? Intercoolers are for forced induction engines only (turbocharged/supercharged). It isn't going to help an N/A engine at all because you are using the outside air to cool air that is also outside air??? It would be the same temp and would do nothing except cause a restriction in your air intake effectively slowing you down...

For some reason I doubt you've never seen a Supercharged Bonneville before. They really are all over the place if you start looking. Hell, on my block there is 3 of them!

Buying a car that doesn't drive so you can brag about it kind of defeats the purpose does it not? I don't know what it is, but you just seem like kinda a ***** to me... Who buys, or even thinks about buying, a car that doesn't run with a blower on it to brag about it??? Wow is all I can think to even say about that. WOW!

Shawn

Yes! Mine does...sort of. I was going to post a new topic about this, but this one is close enough. Sometimes it will chug (especially shortly after I start it up) when I press down on the accelerator. While on the road, sometimes it will acclerate as soon as I press down on the pedal...other times, no.

I'm thinking I need new fuel injectors...any advice? (I've used fuel injector cleaner, too... a lot. It helped, but still didn't fix everything)


**EDIT: I just checked and I do have the FW2 RPO code (3.06)

when you say chug, do you mean it still accelerates, but slowly? Also, is this accelerating from a dead stop or when cruising?

A very dirty MAF Sensor could be the cause of that, if it happens shortly after you start up.

Doesn't chug or make any weird noises. Now that I think about it, it might just be that it needs a second for the fuel pump to catch up. It'* more than likely normal behaviour, I just wish that quick delay weren't there. It might go away when I overhaul the air intake--right now, I've got Ye Olde Paper Filter doing the work.