Sir,
Could you turn it sideways and come in over the drivers valve cover? The gas/tranny cables might be long enough to reach also looks like your intercooler pipe is coming up on that side in front of the alternator. Just a thought.
Bob
I am playing with both concepts. I like to the side for room and belt access, etc., but, I don't like that the charge pipe has to run over the headers.
I don't know how that would effect how your truck would run.
You could make your own elbow and clock the end that the throttle body mounts on or maybe even tilt it up a little if need be. Then you could mount it lower. It would not take much to get clearance.
a lot of people have run them with good results. the only other options would be to find a brodix or similar intake which are getting pretty hard to find these days, and they require different heads