I did, yes. The cheeks were opened up and baffled in such a way that it feed air to the front of the motor (and through the four holes which were opened up a little more after the picture.) The top and bottom of the nose section was sealed with foam so the only place the air could go was through the motor (except for the spinner gap.)

A large baffle also pulled air from the chin cowl and directed it right onto the can.

Here's the replacement plane. Note the blast tubes coming from the cheeks. I haven't flown this setup in hot weather yet (over 80F), but generally it runs about 10 to 15F above ambient in the cooler weather.