This x 100
plus, any thing regarding manifold design for Atmo engines, tear it up and burn it, because it means precisely shit in a forced induction application.
Providing everything flows well enough not to restrict airflow than runner length wont affect power, just response.
ie a long runner intake will get the engine breathing heavier at low revs, hence getting the turbo on song sooner.
Which unless you are purely doing it for looks the standard plenum is the way to go.
iirc you are going for a GT30 or T67, not big enough in my books to warrant spending shit loads of money on a fancy plenum, if you want every possible ounce of power out of the turbo than yes custom plenum with ram tubes and centre feed large volume plenum etc etc + lots of head work + custom cams + f**king about with injector placement.
you are obviously capable of some decent fab skills, why not try a Greddy plenum and make up some spacers to play with the runner lengths?