another way to keep it low is to use a twinscrew blower with the inlet in the back of the case ontop of a low intakemanifold
http://www.roadkillracing.se/index.html this is one of the few dragcars i know about using a twinscrew you can see some pics there of the car check them out and see what you think,also this thing has a very tall singleplane intakemanifold with a tall adaptor for the blower ontop of it so a lower intakemanifold made with height in mind will make it alot lower
here is some more pics of how tall the intake is and you can probably gues how much lower it can get
http://www.chevelleforum.se/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=81&start=130btw nomather what brand of car, that is one bad car and some very nice guys in that team
