Turbo suggestion

Its not ideal but guys have run the air gap intake with a 1" spacer and boost before.
In my (& others experience here) once you start putting a good +" squeeze on the intake charge the engine doesn't really give a poo what's on it : the quickest thing on the street I've ridden in was a '50's Sit up & beg Ford Pop (yeah the old gasser type) with a 6/71 Blown SBC 350 & guess what inlet manifold THAT ran ??? You guys will fall over laughing, but a with the top milled off STD Cast early 70's Chev SB 400 2bbl manifold with an adaptor plate bolted on: fair increasingly pinned you to the seat until the tears ran around the side of your face & telegraph poles literally DID turn into a picket fence.
I kid you not.
Didn't believe it myself until i lifted the 'glass 1 piece...
Trev.
STD CAST 2BBL 400ci SB OEM CHEV MANIFOLD (NO fuel distribution problems either)

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