For the blade MAF Joe GM recommend 10" from the throttle blade and at least 3" from the end of a 4" tube. That's about where Vette's run their blade MAF's in the OTR duct. With the tube MAF's I would guess that if it has a screen it will probably be OK with the filter as is. Being that close to the TB is what GM steers away from so the airflow has a chance to stabilise after the MAF. Worth checking via logging and seeing if it is noisy.
Be really interesting to see how this conversion runs with the VVT operating.