Progress on the 3.6 (minor), Cam plug/intake flip/pulleys Options

[East coaster]

I've been tinkering with my 3.6 conversion a little bit. Managed to get the sheet metal on enough to figure out what needs to be modded. I also managed to get the intake cross tube flipped so that the intake is moved to the front of the engine. I have posted many times asking for details on how to do this "flip" and never really got an answer, so I thought I'd post my experience here to hopefully help others who need/want to do this. The two cross tubes of the intake are cast together as one piece and must be cut apart to facilitate the flip. The are 3 webs cast into the tubes to tie them together. I pulled the cross tube section out and cut the 3 webs in two and then removed the webbing material with a die grinder. I then reinstalled the bottom tube just as it was in it's stock location and then installed the top tube flipped so that the air flow sensor/air filter are just over the distributor area. All hoses and wires seem to reach just fine. I will fabricate a bracket to support the air flow sensor/filter in it's new location. I imagine without the webs or a bracket the intake tube could rotate on you? Here's a pic of the flipped intake, the tubes which need to be separated/cut are in the orange circle. I also machined the lower pulley (yellow circle) to make it a "single pulley" and I'm now working on machining a new fan/alternator pulley hub to convert that to one pulley/belt.