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Originally posted by myke
you don't have to copy exactly a mantzel or velos.
could just make up something of your own.


http://www.sdsefi.com/techinta.htm

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My mate paul (VX PAUL on migweb), He has made a few of his own powerboxes. He has one on his car and when he fitted it it made so much differance! Loads better than the standard one. I know he has a few of them made up and he is will ing to sell them too. His looks really good. Looks proper original. Go on migweb and PM him and have a word with him , he will sort you out with one.

Dan

you don't have to copy exactly a mantzel or velos.
could just make up something of your own.


http://www.sdsefi.com/techinta.htm

if some1 can get me a drawing with dimensions i can certainly make one, im part fabrication/welder along with fitter at my place

as soon as I get my new engine I'm going to work on something a little like that, but wityh a few changes...

im in the process of doing them, taking a lot longer than i hoped tho. not as simple as you would think, the cost rules it out unless you are prepared to make 20+ in one go.

did it work? And any plans etc?

somebody in our dutch corsatuningclub rebuilt himself a powerbox he called it the 'krachtdoos' (dutch translation of powerbox)

Mine was the red GSi with Velos Torq tube on - had stainless steel battery cover and spark plug cover too.
The grey GSi that had blue Samco hose to the Torq Tube was Matt's from the South Yorkshire Region.

Dunno what a mantzel box is, but there a guy on clubGTI running a custom made airbox. The link to the thread is http://www.clubgti.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16835&whichpage=1 doubt thats any help to you...

think someone called miles on here was having ago at making them.

There performance inlet manifolds for the 1.4 and 1.6 16v xe engines, they replace the original which is very restrictive :)

What are these Velos and Mantzel boxe's and what do they do?

well they looked alittle like that, but that looked homemade the one i saw

It was prob Ed Renshaws GSi with the Velos box on it (not the Velos Torque tube).

yes.... http://www.vmotorsport.fsnet.co.uk/vaux.htm

well i dident have a close look at them, but there where not like all the ones i have seen before?

the ones on VSCC were the velos torque tube i think

i was thinking about this, why cant u get some samco pipe, and fit it to the throttal body down to the side of the engine with a induction kit at the end

then drill/fit in things like air flow metre and what ever else

im sure its not that simple tho

if someone could tell us the dimensions and what its made from then im pretty sure i could have a go at making one to see what they come out like

at Donny look on VSCC stand and there was a few corsa with boxes that looked like the Mantzel ones, but looked home made....? anyone get any info?