His car is most likely drowning in fuel, and has shot mounts like every other factory WBody...putting in solid lower mounts and flipping the upper dog bones 90* cures that "sloppy feel" and gets the power to the ground.

Changing intake placement isn't going to matter more than a tenth of a percent of thinking it does...it's all in your head. Maybe if you had an intake running down under your car vs. an open cone...that might make a difference...but otherwise, no. Not really.