Opinions please- new hemi or 408?

Racer Joe,
Is this your intake?
Did you weld the bungs?
If someone else did it what did they charge?


Yes, this is my M1 intake that I had bungs welded in for my EFI conversion to my 408. I did a bunch of port work on this intake and wanted to reuse it instead of buying the Edelbrock intake that already has the injector holes drilled. Hindsight, I should have just bought the new intake. Apparently the aluminum the M1 is made out of is ****. They had a hard time getting a good weld. I was expecting it to cost about $100-$150, but they hit me with $320. Needless to say I was pissed since the Edelbrock cost $370. So now I have a $500 M1 if you consider the cost to buy a new one. If anyone is thinking of doing this, suck it up and spend the $375 on the E-brock.