Little update. I figured out an easy way to make a warm air intake. All I did was remove the intake tube and attached silencer right where it plugs into the airbox. So now instead of drawing air from right behind the upper grill it draws air from above the radiator. Result: IATs about 40*-50* above ambient temperature. This cleaned up the engine bay quite a bit too. I also removed the coil pack cover.
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AFTER:
I will probably have to put everything back in the summer though, I will be closely monitoring IATs when the weather gets warm again.
I'm also going to be making a lower grill block, which looks like it will be pretty easy to do. The lower grill openings are not very large and lend themselves well to a flat cover. I'm going to mock them up with cardboard until I'm happy with the fit, then make new ones out of coroplast and paint them. I'm not sure if I'll be able to cover the entire lower grill, I'll have to experiment. There appears to be some sort of air temperature sensor down in front of the radiator on the driver's side, it might not be wise to cover it, but I don't know what purpose it serves.
I have a feeling it's not this simple, but does anyone know if you could connect a trickle charger to the traditional battery in the engine bay and be able to top off the main battery, or does the voltage converter not work in reverse?