And here I was thinking you were asking for opinions.
That was mine, FWIW.

Why do you care anyway?
How is this related to that big honkin V8 you have ?

Max's has the filters in the pipes, not out front blocking the radiator.

It would be really nice if you could somehow do a 180 on the manifold and get the TB up front. That would allow much shorter pipe runs and reduce heat soak, just thinking.