intake manifold upgrade help

I've looked at the Trickflo one but it's $800 and I haven't heard any reviews or performance gains on it. I was happy just to do the PI swap on mine. I know Edelbrock is a good company so I dont see why the Victor Jr would be a bad way to go.

Will a bullet intake work on that? you can pick these up used sometimes. I found one for 400 bucks

What are your goals? Are you trying to pick up more power? Boost in the future?

I ask because the aftermarket intakes are really no significant benefit unless you are pushing a lot of boost through them or revving the car to the moon (7k+ rpm). You will actually lose power below 5000 rpm on almost all aftermarket intakes without boost, except maybe the Bullitt intake, which is technically OEM (and also VERY expensive).

If you are planning on keeping the car mostly stock or just a mild build, I'd just replace it with an OEM Ford manifold with the aluminum crossover. You're concern with 'buying another plastic intake' was remedied by Ford many years ago by changing the water crossover tube into aluminum. They can be had for a couple hundred bucks, and will not break again unless you push 15+ pounds of boost through them or have a nitrous backfire. http://www.americanmuscle.com/intake-manifold.html (Just one example from somewhere I know that stocks them.)

Your best bet for a throttle body/plenum is a BBK 78 mm throttle intake. Cheap, effective, and leaves plenty of room for upgrades in the future.