Air intake hose, 2.5n/a air cleaner on 200tdi conversion

Hi everyone reading,
I've bought a new Britpart hose to replace the old ropey thing that draws air to the standard 2.5 n/a cleaner box. A pricey item, I thought, at £25.
However, the thing is pretty inflexible, and it needs to bend at more or less a right angle into the top of the air cleaner box.
Please, can someone talk me through what needs doing, if its not to simply put a kink in the new hose? Partly what was wrong with the old hose (apart from being coated on the inside from road grime), was that the bend in the pipe restricts air flow- it's now 30yrs old and looks quite collapsed before it connects to the box.
I'd appreciate help on the matter, and would rather get prepared with additional part if I need them (such as a 90° bend, in silicone, or something?), before I pull the old hose out...
I have had a look through previous post on here..most are about snorkeling, turbo pipes, or oil breathers..
Thanks in advance.

You can get flexible silicone hosing as well as the rigid pre-molded ones. I have a combination of stainless pipe, shaped silicone and a peice of series oil bath air cleaner pipe to get from my air box to the turbo on the 200tdi conversion.

dag019 said:

You can get flexible silicone hosing as well as the rigid pre-molded ones. I have a combination of stainless pipe, shaped silicone and a peice of series oil bath air cleaner pipe to get from my air box to the turbo on the 200tdi conversion.

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Thanks, yes I'm aware of the kits or mix and match for the turbo pipes, but I guess my question is this: is the standard air intake hose meant to just bend 90° into the top of the air cleaner box?

Mine has a 180 bend from the top of the air box back down the side of it and into the turbo. So I’m not sure about the standard set up.

Thanks for your reply, actually I've realized my problem is not physical, its mental. I'm going to look more closely at the actual setup before making any more daft posts like this.
I wonder how many people saw this tonight and thought that I had my brain in back to front?!