Freddie's Buick
Hell No! I'm not a junior
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- Jan 3, 2002
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.....not bad at all....but.....In my case it was fresh from the pages of fabrication hell. Yep...I had to do it my way. Bonehead style. 
First problem: The intake is a square bore, (Holly and Edelbrock carbs). One has to get an adapter if one wants to use a spread bore Q-Jet like me. No biggie I bought one but this brings the height up an additional inch. I hate spending mo' money!
Since the E-intake is already higher than stock by almost 2-inches, bye-bye stock air canister and K&N filter which was what I had. Settled for a 2" height 9" diameter chrome canister and element. Trial and error to get the proper height.
The 4.1 intake's OEM throttle bracket had to be grinded down to elongate the bolt down holes for an 1.50" adjustment. The OEM bracket is too far back by 1.50" (This too was a trail and error method that took me much time but it works great and I made it look OEM good).
After 2-days of more fabrication hell, turkey, turkey sandwiches, turkey soup and more turkey, (GREAT, NOW I HATE TURKEY
), it paid off. There's no doubt in my mind, the Edelbrock is better then the 4.1 for a street ride like mine. 
Mark Yuhas..I dont know how you did it. This intake is not a classic bolt on improvement. It took alot of hard work to get it to work. But man does it rip. Especially in second gear. What a kick!!
I like this mod very much. 
First problem: The intake is a square bore, (Holly and Edelbrock carbs). One has to get an adapter if one wants to use a spread bore Q-Jet like me. No biggie I bought one but this brings the height up an additional inch. I hate spending mo' money!
Since the E-intake is already higher than stock by almost 2-inches, bye-bye stock air canister and K&N filter which was what I had. Settled for a 2" height 9" diameter chrome canister and element. Trial and error to get the proper height.
The 4.1 intake's OEM throttle bracket had to be grinded down to elongate the bolt down holes for an 1.50" adjustment. The OEM bracket is too far back by 1.50" (This too was a trail and error method that took me much time but it works great and I made it look OEM good).
After 2-days of more fabrication hell, turkey, turkey sandwiches, turkey soup and more turkey, (GREAT, NOW I HATE TURKEY
), it paid off. There's no doubt in my mind, the Edelbrock is better then the 4.1 for a street ride like mine. Mark Yuhas..I dont know how you did it. This intake is not a classic bolt on improvement. It took alot of hard work to get it to work. But man does it rip. Especially in second gear. What a kick!!
I like this mod very much. 
.if i remember correctly i bent the acc cable bracket so it would line up.that's the same aircleaner i use.i know what you mean about all the work.heck,when i'm driving my buick i got the elky in the garage doing something to it.then when i get the elky done the buick goes in for some more goodies.
