>The K&N air filter does not offer any noticeable benefit for the
>Vanagon. If you want to do any improvement without replacing the air
>box, get the Syncro severe dust area filter, (fits 86+). More surface
>area will improve air flow just like the K&N without allowing silicates
>to go through.

And silicates (basically, quartz grit) are the last thing you want to
get through... they are extremely hard.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut