On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:13 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > All Vanagons as they come from the factory take intake air from the > right-side pillar vent. Syncros have a snorkel arrangement that > allows them to ford streams, but all of them have the intake closed > off from the engine compartment, either by a cardboard partition on > the 1.9l or a plastic one on the 2.1l. All automobiles make some > effort to obtain intake air from the outside. > > Yours, > David > I didn't know the stock intakes went up the pillar. I do know a cold air path into the intake is remarkably effective in producing better power. Racers go to all kinds of lengths to get the coolest intake air possible because as said, it's denser and has more O2 among other advantages. That brake duct hose is waterproof, too. |
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