has anyone made a heat shield for the 1 gen intake this is mine and i am trying to figure out how to make a good one, should i go with plastic or metal

 

I just wanted to give you my experience with having an intake on a 1st gen LS. I installed the Intake adapter, fitted the new filter (k&n cone style) and re-set the computer. Immeditely I noticed the LS to be very sluggish off the line. It almost felt like my tranny was slipping (I think it was).

Honestly I would stick with the factory set-up. Buy a K&N drop in for the LS. It practically has ram-air from the factory. Read the review on the LS at Autospeed.com at WOT there is virtually NO wind resistance at the mouth of the intake under the hood.

Anyways, I set Everything back to stock. It feels like a new car. Im not trying to scare you, Just be careful sucking all of that Hot air from your engine bay. It really messed with the performance of my LS.

 

my filter is not k&n and have not noticed any trouble, actually improved proformance
thanks for advice