Or does it make sense? Side flaps are by definition rather low-yielding. So why not improve your breathing? For example, by screwing on a compressor?
The photo shows how that was done on a Harley EL. And it works.
That exercise put us back on a train of thought that we had been on before: What happened to all those participants in the King's self-build competition of the past? Where are Fick Specials still dusting?
Someone in the room who knows what?
Image is of a WL (A / C), not an EL