Intake issues with A/C V8

I'm not really sure if this is an option but, can you put a different t-stat housing on the intake? I guess I'm having a hard time visualizing what the problem is. I think there is a guy on here who needs the oddball intake and has a 66 up intake he might want to get rid of. Gib Warnick (I think; this was some time ago). Also, I think the consensus on this and other boards is that an LD4B intake is much better than the performer. And those are out there.