Since you already cut & opened the hood there is no coming back.
Do what you got to do and don't get discourage, can't be any worse than those who blew their engine. They can laugh. Keep going.

 

i'm not offended, but i don't think anyone in here was being rude anyway? unless you're talking about the cutouts for the hood vents...those have been like that for a year already. i don't care enough to file them down lol they are functional so thats all that matters to me

 

Ignore him, everyone else does here. He has nothing important to contribute to this forum than rude remarks and backhanded comments.

 

thats pretty sick! lol what manifold is that?

 

my own i built

 

Looks interesting man. I'm curious to see how it turns out.