That would kick ass!!! You guys have no idea how much i appreciate your help!
For the manifold, i read the xs500 blog from a guy named jimmer that was using a 40mm flatslide carb and a boxed style manifold, ill attach a pic, but i dunno if that style manifold would work for me since his bike was heavely modded and was for track use, the cool thing about the xs500 is that it doesnt have the back bone in the middle, so i can put the carb in the middle with a good filter!