Originally Posted by JD1969

When we were running the Factory Stock car, we tried a ton of intake set ups. The one that worked best a 4 inch 90* bend off the the TB to a straight section of pipe, then the MAF with round, open filter. The filter actually ends up being right above the driver valve cover. Speculate all you guys want about how the hot air hurts performnace, but I have seen first hand on a dyno how the set up I described picks up both power and TQ. The hot air has little to do with things, it is about air flow and keeping as direct a path of air flow into the engine as possible. Fender mounts have too many turns in them.