just treated the van to some nice alloy ducting as the paper stuff that was on there was doing nothing, literally (split completely before air box!). Is it worthwhile running it up inside the air vein or, as the old one was, terminate it in the battery area? If I run it into the vein, I know I’ll have to a) double it over on itself so it doesn’t get rained down and b) secure it to something. Wondering if anyone has done this and what you used to secure it?
The one that goes into air filter housing for cool air intake. ETA - I’m probably calling it the wrong thing by calling them ‘veins’!
If you've got a type 1 engine, the ducting from the bottom of the air filter snout should go down through the tinware to the "stove pipe" that picks up hot air from around the cylinder heads. Is that the one you mean? There's no cold air inlet, apart from the filter snout.
It’s a type 4 engine (I should’ve said that!), so the ducting that takes cool air into the filter housing
Mine has a length of corrugated black vinyl tubing which terminates over the battery. It’s a push fit onto the air box. It’s held only by a zip tie onto a bracket next to the tin lid. Happy new year to everybody.
Cool, ta That’s what mine is now, but the tubing has had it so the new stuff is on is way. Looks like I’ll just replace it in the same position rather than sticking the end up inside the vein.
