I'm not 100% sure of this, but:
I know that just a POD by it'self will make little power differnces as it may be sucking in hot air from the engine... If you simply partition it off however, I have heard that you will get very little airflow, to the pod so it may also not be of much help... so with that in mind, im assuming that placing the pod where the sidemount used to be, you would get the best of both worlds, cold air, and good flow...
Although I'd be a little worried about it getting wet :S