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Ed Renshaw

 posted on 18th Apr 03 at 21:42

Velos TT may look shite, but it's the cheapest option and I gained a 21bhp increase.:D


miles

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 11:36

I paid VKR £150 for a fitting kit. I'll include all new gaskets and fittings with it, not the bare box that I got.

Its been sand blasted and powder coated in anthracite as well.

As said, its cast so age wont effect it, it is literally, good as new.


Daimo B

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 10:34

I think Miles spent about £100-£150 on gaskets n sh1te, and this is the one i sold him.


Joff

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 10:28

It's cast alloy - unless it's got cracks or it's completely coked up, then it's still worth a couple of hundred :P

I suppose for 300 notes he could throw in a handjob... :rolleyes:


Ojc

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 10:20

He won't be selling it for £300 now :lol:


Daimo B

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 10:12

Which is the one above being sold for £300 :lol:


miles

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 09:28

Forgot to say, I had it on a 1.4 16v.


miles

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 09:27

I've got the mantzel powerbox. I recently got 121 bhp with just that, ported head and exhaust. Standard ECU.

For the price of it, its excellent bhp per £, then when you want or can afford more, get it chipped to release more. Unless you're going to want to spend thousands on your engine then this is definatly the best route.

I'll be selling my mantzel powerbox soon, once my throttle bodies are fitted (I'm spending the thousands!) . I'm looking for £300 if your interested.


vitasport

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 08:10

i am also thinking about getting one. does anyone knows which is better, the velos tt or the lexmaul?


Cybermonkey

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 07:55

Or go for a Lexmaul item which runs just fine on stadard ECU. Good bit of kit it is too :)


Andy

 posted on 17th Apr 03 at 07:04

quote:
Originally posted by MoNkEy MaGiC
im interested in gettin da courtney mantzel powerbox, does it really give 22BHP AND torque gains???
has anyone got one on der corsa here? any good/worth buying?
could i fit it myself?
and would the performance gains be noticable on my 1.6 GSI which has the viper induction kit and a full zorst system??
:look:


Why can't you speak English for Christ's sake! Why type 'da' when 'a' is shorter. Why type 'der' instead of 'the' (unless you're German of course)

But onto your question, totally agree with Adam - you need a proper ECU to really exploit the Powerbox's potential. Unless it's as far as you want to go, you might be best saving up for a throttle body kit instead.


MoNkEy MaGiC

 Icon depicting mood of post posted on 16th Apr 03 at 23:40

im interested in gettin da courtney mantzel powerbox, does it really give 22BHP AND torque gains???
has anyone got one on der corsa here? any good/worth buying?
could i fit it myself?
and would the performance gains be noticable on my 1.6 GSI which has the viper induction kit and a full zorst system??
:look: