you could of made a flared side panel instead - if you cut the panel out from where the scuttle lower front touches the side panel - chop out the engine bay sides then either replace with ally but make the rear edge further out from the body allowing air out - front sits in same place
like this
http://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/index...._fromsearch__1
looks really cool - if you use ally you can leave it bare - looks pretty
or carbon -
or - - - grp? needs a mould which shouldnt be hard to do - maybe then sell them on to other haynes users? could be a little earner