[BiggFoot]

The next big decision I had to make was which intake manifold to go with. I started looking at polished sheet metal intakes that ranged from $600 - $5000. There is another thread somewhere here where a Holley sheet metal intake manifold has been tested, etc., but the bottom line is that a butt ugly stock LS3 manifold will support 1200 HP with ease. During my research I found where various issues occur with the sheet metal type intakes due to having short runners so they will fit under the hood. The big struggle I had was dealing with taking that big chrome Maggie off the top of the engine and then replacing it with that ugly black LS3 manifold. Soooo after a bit of research I decided to go with the stock LS3 manifold but I shipped it to H2O Printers in Houston to be hydro dipped inferno orange/carbon fiber. Here is the result, it turned out maybe a little darker than I had expected but it definitely looks better than stock!