The new direct to throttle body foam airfilter deletes the induction pipe and one significant bend, it also adds an internal velocity stack. The new arrangement is now largely pulling cool air from the top bonnet louvres, and the cooler nearside engine bay area so while it's definitely not a cold air intake, it is way better than it was!
And better on many levels, with the addition of the cold air feed I've got planned out, it'll be Monty's final fully optimised induction setup.
It needs testing, but I also predict the new arrangement will give even more of the lovely 'Sporty Snorty' induction sounds Monty likes to make