Great news! There are two freeze plugs at the end of those runners so they can be popped out and then have holes to work with. They look to be about 1.5" in diameter. Minimal drilling, if any, will be required. As for the space to place the pipe, the plug wires are in the way, so they might need to be rerouted or the pipe will have to find a way around them.
As far as the patent, I will be posting my findings soon. I have found a lot of stuff concerning the SHO intake manifold. Just need to weed through it. Very interesting stuff!
[This message has been edited by Chris Hightower (edited May 01, 2001).]