Fitting Metzger 996.1 Taco to a Carrera 996.1

Posting from Australia where parts are hard. How do I over come the fitment issues of placing a 996.1 GT3 Taco which has air intake provisions for the Metzger intake and fan onto a 996.1 Carrera. I've shown the different placements between 996.1 Carrera Aero Taco and the Metzger Taco. Is the answer in Metal fabrication? Or using a K and N "hot air intake" or fabrication of a different cold air intake? If you've done this I'd like to know. Thanks in advance.

I've had a fibreglass GT3 RS decklid on my carrera as a 'temporary' fit for about 7 years now I do intend to resolve the intake and fan placements later this year as part of a series of bodywork jobs, but till now I simply purchased a second/spare intake snorkel and trimmed about 50-80mm of the tip of it i.e. rather than poking through the intake slot it can share and 'breathe' through the purge fan housing - in the UK the purge fan almost never kicks in and even when on its not going to compromise the air intake under any kind of load Before this I did fit a GT3 version K&N with a modified intake pipe to cope with the different orientation of the throttle body... but the car was never 'happy' and there was genuine heat soak of the intake from the rest of the engine bay I'd go with a trimmed intake snorkel and fitting the decklid until you figure out and action a full solution. The taco wing is iconic enough to be worth the compromise and grief

Thanks for your advice. The only other solution I've been given was the K and N. My engine is a sweet one with LN 3.8 Nickies. I have 3 radiators so I was questioning the role of the purge fan. The shortened intake snorkel sounds the best idea so far. Any Taco wing is hard to get here so I bought without thinking it through but a short snorkel, is hardly major fabrication. Much appreciated.

@demon I wonder if this CAI unlike the K and N places the Airfilter nearish to the GT3 air duct. Also compliments on your own 996 RUF body kit and mileage milestones.

The 996.1 engine bay using the passenger side snorkel (Proper Right Hand Drive) vs the Metzger 996 GT3 engine Bay, Driver side air inlet

The EVOM intake is probably the best plug and play solution i.e. that wouldn't require any cutting of the decklid itself - negatives are the price and the look/quality - general consensus is at least that it is a better set up than the K&N offerings I'm still looking to maintain more of an OEM look and finish. Ultimate plan is to reintroduce the carrera intake and fan location whilst keeping the GT3 corner air feed, given the 996 airbox is finned and there is a secondary breathing point on the underside of it. I'm not sure if this is going to be easier or harder with a fibreglass rather than metal decklid(!)

Searching on Rennlist someone has done the Evoms with a GT3 996.2 lid. Ideally I would scrap the passenger side intake and fab a nicer intake to the GT3 air intake. Or scrap the fan.