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Hi all

I've recently purchased an '87 syncro westy hightop joker 1.9td (wow, mouthfull)
The person that did the installation has placed the air intake mouth/filter directly behind the licence plate swing down latch. As such the conical filter rubs on one of the wheels of the serpentine belt. My question is:

what is ideal placement?
would it be too long of a stretch to have the intake and filter go all the way to the passengers side of engine bay behind battery at the bottom of the air channel?

Many thanks
I am looking forward to wading through all the info here.

Pics to come when I figure out how

Moving this to the vanagon fora.

That's where my air filter is located- in the passenger side D pillar.
I've got a Fram tube style filter; its about 8" round and 12" long. Works well and seems to stay dry.