Reminds me of one a friend of mine actually saw happen. This not too smart guy used to hang around his shop and do occasional odd jobs for him to make a little extra money, but he was too dumb to trust with anything more difficult than cleaning parts.
One day he shows up walking instead of driving his old Monte Carlo.Robert asked him what happened to his car. He said he was watching Hot Rod TV or something like that and they were telling how to get better performance from your engine by getting more air in to it. He thought all that stuff they were talking about sounded like a lot of work and money and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Why not drill a bunch of holes in the intake to get more air in?, which he then proceeded to do.
Robert was never able to make him understand why this didn't work.