You must be getting so much heatsoak with the filter there, you havent even got a cold air feed going into the end of the viper!!!! My idea would be to run a cold air feed from the wing/front of bumper into the end of the filter like a viper should be set up. If the filter is 100mm or smaller in diamater it will fit in the wing you just have to move the battery forward. My cold air feed is 100mm it is tight but it fits.
David.
David.