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Agreed and all points noted. I had looked at fabricating a lower profile efi style intake like I imagine you are talking about. However, I decided to keep it looking as period correct as possible as that was always the plan for the car.
I have had my hands on every nut, bolt, weld, etc on this car over the years and still have a few things that I plan to change (are any of our cars ever truly finished?). We always wanted the car to appear as period correct as possible, with modern touches in a few places (ie suspension, lighting, interior, amongst other things).
As far as the original question goes, it was more curiosity. When I retired from the service, I started a shop building engines and chassis's for drag racers around my local area. Had a few roundy round guys wander in once in a while and even a few friends that truck pull. Engines have always been my passion and have built everything from 2.3 turbo 4's to a couple of mountain motors and lots in between. I am always looking for different ways to optimize what I am playing with. Then COVID hit...since I am a RN first, I shut down my shop to the public because working 16-18 hours a day in an ICU COVID unit didn't leave much time for anything else. Now I just putz around with my stuff, my families stuff, and help a few friends out once in a while. OK, enough rambling, thank you for your thoughts and comparisons eschaider.