Okay so TTT wanted to see what I've been doodling with for awhile, so I'll post up some pictures. They're just pictures for right now. I MAY be putting the car under the knife this weekend if everything happens correctly (still need to find a welder so I can build a proper mount).
Simple hand sketch of how I want to mount and plumb my cooling front end
2D cut away of an intake manifold I will probably build as soon as I qualify my design with some CFD.
My math that shows you I have too much time on my hands:
and for those that can't use their imagination here's a 3D view of part of my intake manifold design:
