Dave,

I have a Subie 2.2 in a Syncro and I have the Syncro snorkel tube
attached to the Subie airbox so that my intake opening is at the rear
vent level instead of the level of the engine bay. The stock airbox
from a Subie 2.2 has a second, rubber-grommeted hole that takes the
Syncro snorkel tube perfectly. Taking in air that is higher up and out
of the engine bay may solve a lot of you dust problems. If you have
access to the EKTA, you can see the parts that I'm talking about.
There's a long plastic hose and a plastic fitting/collector for the
end of the hose that gets attached just below the rear most vent
inside that cavity. It can go on either side---mine is on the driver's
side since that the way the Subie 2.2 intake runs.

Jeff / San Anselmo

On May 20, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Dave Yates
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Air intake
>
> I've a Subi engine in my Vanagon and on recent trips in VERY dusty
> conditions found the air filter collected too much dust.  At present
> it is
> a
> cone type with a cleanable paper filter.
>
> Has anyone put their filter up through the panelwork that runs up the
> corner
> of the van to the air vent?  I can envisage some sort of a flexible
> hose,
> but I have trouble knowing what sort of filter to put up there,
> inside the
> vent, so that it doesn't change the appearance of the van.
>
> An alternative might be to shroud the existing filter somehow so
> that all
> its air comes from up in that cavity, but the last thing I want to
> do is
> reduce the air flow into the intake.
>
> Any comments anyone?
>
> Dave
> downunder