i dont get it..... less weight, yes.... less heat, i dont see how..... carbon fiber doesnt hold heat, but heat does pass it through very easily.... so being all the way to the upper rear of the engine bay, without some ventilation to get all of the hot air collecting in that area out, its just going to heat all of the air going into the engine
from the looks of it a well designed aluminum or steel (either one would block more heat than the CF... steel a little more than the aluminum) IM and the hondata intake manifold gasket (insulates the IM from the heat of the block) seems like it would be a better choice