I am not sure how you would do that.
I didn't go check, but the spring is pulling, a shock would be pushing.

But lets say you could reverse the mechanism to require pushing to keep the hood open. I think the amount of force needed seems to be a bit extreme, if the spring is the basis for that.

Complete removal might be a choice, and redoing it with hard points to mount rams. But again, the weight is pretty much double anything the new cars have for hood weight. You would have to go fiberglass to be able to support it would be my guess.