I put an indoor/outdoor thermometer under the hood near where my air intake is. I'll update my temps as I drive more, but so far this car has excellent air flow into the engine compartment.

I have been driving to and from work which is 40 minutes each way at roughly 25-50 MPH. I hit maybe around 10 stop lights where the engine gets to sit and bake. The thermometer only updates every 5 minutes so it's impossible to get instant readings, but unless I'm stuck in stop and go traffic, the temp is only around 10-15 degrees above outside air. Not bad considering how hot the stock air cleaner gets. When I'm stuck in traffic, the temp goes up to 30-40 degrees higher than outside, but as soon as I move the temp goes down very quickly.

I removed the baffles near the grill where the stock air intake pipes went. That doubles the size of the opening for fresh air to go.

Considering that the stock air cleaner's placement is on top of an oven, maybe this could end the engine compartment temp issue? I'd like to hear from opposing views in case I missed something.

I want to see how cool it stays when I'm not stopping for red lights. I'll let you know.