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Pierburg carb what air filter?

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Hi Guys, I've got a single Pierburg carb conversion on my van, it had a mod'ed KnN airfilter on it but its knackered and I need something suitable to replace it. I've looked all over the net but because of the low clearance between the carb and the engine cover ( < 70mm ) and the size of the opening for the filter ( 90mm ) I can't find anything suitable. Any ideas please :idea

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go back to stock ?
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matt wrote:go back to stock ?

Sorry don't understand?

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Stock, as in Standard ^^^^^^
here's what Mr VW spent £££££ making it look like ....proper cold air flow
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Oh, just to check, it is a 1.9 wbx ?
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matt wrote:Oh, just to check, it is a 1.9 wbx ?

Its a type 4, 2 ltr (CU I think?). The thing is the van was like it when I bought it so I don't know if it had an air filter assembly prior to the KnN. Looking at it I doubt if it did but I could be wrong. :(

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ah, makes sence, try just kampers?
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I've looked and they do one for their own empi conversion made by scat j14838 but not sure if it'll fit, anybody out there got one and can tell me the the size of the opening?

http://www.justkampers.com/shop/media/c ... J14838.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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