2bbl Intake... To Make or To Find?

For more context, gang, I saw a few interesting videos showing some fellas cutting out a proper sized hole for a mount then welding, at the proper degree, the mount to the manifold. I’m their case, though, they were working with aluminum. In my case, I was hoping for iron. BUT, I think john6464 came in clutch with this one. I’m still open to discuss this, though, in case john6464’s manifold isn’t exactly what I need.

Also, someone mention a 1bbl manifold potentially being too weak to support a 2bbl… Is this referring to the thickness of the cast?

if you’re talking about my post I’m getting at a one barrel manifold is more than likely a choking point for a two barrel carb