Mine is a Kent OHV with twin DCOEs, not a Lotus and I have one of these setups fitted.
Getting to carbies etc is no real issue, it all comes apart quickly and easily.
Love the performance delivered by the DCOEs but the noise became really boring after a while.
I fitted this "Lotus" setup to cut the noise from the DCOEs....made the car much nicer to drive.
On the dyno, there was no noticeable performance difference with the airbox fitted.
And, yes, everyone used to turf the setup back in the 70s.
Still remember buying the whole setup back then for $45 !
Sold it with the car back then to.
Took me ages to accumulate the setup I have now whilst avoiding spending silly money.