Franc, you are a car guy, I know that, and as a car guy you know air has been taken from all sorts of locations, and certainly the side is doable...there have been cow vents, hood vents, spoiler vents, frontal vents in all sorts of locations, and certainly sucking air from the sides is doable...non of these were ever "RAM" air...we have beaten that dog before...lol...good luck, and I was actually shooting my comment at the OP...