A follow-up to this email...
I am building a digifant2 VW and needed this mod, since the factory
airbox wont fit my application.

I got all excited after reading Chris's original email and went to the
local junkyard to scout the Escorts.
As it turns out, no Escort uses this adapter plate.  They all have the
square inlet AFM that bolt to plastic airbox, like VW.  Furthermore, no
Tempo or Taurus does either.
Dejected, I went home.

Well, today I had some time to kill so cleaned the garage.  I came
across some old AFM's from my 2.3T Merkur days.  Low and behold, they
have the exact adapter plate Chris is talking about.  The 87-88 2.3T
Thunderbird Turbocoupe uses a bigger AFM and corresponding plate, but
the early TC and Xr4Ti AFM's use a smaller plate that bolts to the VW
AFM perfectly.  The Ford parts are indeed Bosch pieces, so I would
expect that.

So, a Christmas present for me:)  Thanks to Chris for giving me some
insight, thanks to dumb luck for finding the exact part I needed under
my nose.

Thought the list may be able to use the info.

Merry Christmas, peace to all.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of JordanVw@AOL.COM
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory
airbox

i have a adapter that will bolt up to the AFM:
http://www.sonic.net/~its4pla/ebay/K&N-Adaptor.jpg
 this will allow you to eliminate your factory airbox and run 3" dia
dryer
duct or PVC tube to outside the engine bay, into the right rear scoop
area, and
you can put a K&N cone filter on it..    i thought about doing this..

from what someone told me, this adapter was also used on all '92-'96
Ford
Escorts, so i bet finding one would be easy.. i bought mine from
eurosport.  its
for use on all Digi FI motors..

chris