So, back in the halcyon days of my youth, I drove a 1982 Chevy Citation X-11. It was an early (the first, I think) computer-controlled carburetor vehicle. The thing about it, though, was that its air cleaner had two inlets: A normal one that had a large hose to get air from up front, and a 2nd that had a vacuum control (vacuum kept it closed, wide-open-throttle allowed it to spring open) which, when open, sucked air in from the hood cowl.

Old-school cold air induction. BUT, it wasn't big on MAP/MAF/IAT sensors and all that.
IF someone were to do such a thing with the 2.5 or 2.7, how confused would the computer get?
What I'm thinking is leaving the existing plumbing as is, with the sensors down by the airbox, but also having a second opening right near the plenum to allow in cool air from a hood cowl (through a secondary filter). The air it brings in now from the fender is plenty cool, but the stock tube is necessarily constricted as it makes it way from the plenum and under the intake runner. I'd love to free things up a bit.