That was long enough.
I snuck out and purchased these:

After jacking the Elise up I took the snorkel off and installed my Velocity Stack:

Closer look:
My main concern was would this let water in but a even closer look shows the stack is above the highest air port, so water should have a hard time going up to the stack's inlet:
I can't wait to try this out and hear how it sounds now.
On the side I noticed the spare screw that was used to hold the snorkel can work in the wheel liner in a pinch, here it is (on your left) compared to a wheel liner screw and anchor:

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'06 Ardent Red Elise - black interior with LSS, Touring, HT, Starshield, Lotus Sport Clutch, Moroso Oil Pan, 2ZZ(#2), Ekological HIDs, Lotus Driving Lights, Stebel Horn, Bootie, Razo '06 Pedal mod,Snorkel Delete,Odyssey 680 with s111 bracket. Future Mods:LETSLA (ordered), Rear toe link brace
Thank you FVMC!


WOO-HOO!