Here's another idea.
Fiberglass one piece drivers side air dam with ram air hole for cold air intake setups.
Like the old school Kenne Bell one, but with better Spoolfool technology.
I'd definitely buy one of those in a heart beat.
-Patrick-
The wheels have been turning in my head for many years on how to make a better cold air intake, without being restrictive.
IMHO, you can't beat Mark Hueffman's Big Mouth air intake. It just looks clean and works well.
There is room to do an air box in our cars. Instead of a single cone shaped filter inside, there may be gains doing multiple modern (4ish) stock style filters. mount them at angles to each other inside the air box. Sort of like you'd build a card house. This would maximize airflow and space needed.