Old School - Intake Shoot Out

At that dollar point I would rather have a 6spd

You're acting as if you'll have some kind of torque advantage or greater torque by running a junk intake. Which is not the case.
You'll just have nothing up top so the only power you'll feel is down low because you're choking it to death.
Do as you wish, no need to justify it to us.
But just for anyone else who finds the forum and is trying to build a big cube 302 based motor and make respectable numbers, this is not the combo to build. But I'm guessing if you've got a dart based motor you're hopefully not too cheap to build it correctly.

you can start with a t5 then a t4, 3, 2, 1, reverse only.... perhaps not in that order tho.....

Ill throw in my 2 cents here. If I was building a 363, it would consist of the following:

Minimum of a tfs R 90mm intake, preferably a box R 90.
At least a 210cc head, ex. vic jr's, preferably high ports.
cam, custom only.
At the very minimum 9.5-1 compression (boost was mentioned, n/a would be 11.1-1 min.)
1 7/8 long tubes.

Absolutely no reason to use 302 parts. Your trying to make 351 power! The parts cost damn near the same, regardless of what combo your going to do. As a professional at throwing money down the drain, I will tell you to do it RIGHT the first time! This means don't puss out on the heads and intake! Cylinder head flow = hp, plain and simple. With the right cam and tuning, there is no reason why it shouldnt drive perfect on a daily basis. A 363 with ty heads and intake will make lots of low end power for sure, BUT it will be a turd on the track. Low end tq is good for spinning the tires, that will get old in about 2 days.

LOL You all "and I" need to give up on trying to talk him out of using his GT40 intake on that 363. From reading this and other of his threads I get that he is dead set on using that thing no matter how much sense people try to invest in him.
(He ain't listening)

^^ this seems to be true unfortunately. At least it is a good looking intake lol