I ran the BBK for a season on my 95 cobra and had no issues, although I cleaned up the casting before I ever installed and customized it a bit. I think it was a good looking intake (especially after I got done with it) and it performed very well. The only reason I took it off was because I went bigger on my combo and didn't think that it would be enough intake so I went with a cartech intake.
You're right about that until you consider that you need to factor in the extra cost of the cowl hood that you'll need on a '94-'95 model. I'd rather have an intake that fits under the stock hood, hence the Eddy Performer.