Houckham
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Just been looking in Broster's Garage and saw this pic...
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/652/lexmaul_inlet_004.jpg
...What is that!?
I've never seen one before (dont want to sound ignorant)
I basically know it rams the air in so its more dense... but didnt know you could get them like that ive only seen little Sh***y ones that go infront of the air filter.
WHERE CAN I GET ONE FROM?
Nice Filter Broster... thinking of getting that one too
Either that one or the BMC Carbon one.
Any ideas on which ones best?
Cheers
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M4tt
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its one of the those inlet manifolds.
you can get it from PVD.
it does away with vauxhalls shitty inlet piping with a more direct route  (in nutshell)
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Houckham
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Oh right.
Ill have a look
NICE ONE cheers
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Paul H
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quote:
Originally posted by M4tt
its one of the those inlet manifolds.
you can get it from PVD.
it does away with vauxhalls shitty inlet piping with a more direct route (in nutshell)
they are between £450 and £700 though
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Houckham
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erm... maybe ill not botha
hahaha
So do they drastically improve power? or do they just look nice
Any one know out about them?
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Paul H
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apparently they give the 1.4 16v between 7-10 bhp and 1.6 16v 11-15 bhp that kit is £429
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wayne hiscock
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my m8 got a lexmaul one.
same rolling road same day.
he got 122bhp with lexmaul ram, ind kit and full exhaust and decat
i got 110bhp with nothing
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Houckham
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What model car was that?
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Gambit
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it will fit 1.4 & 1.6 16v's
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wayne hiscock
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quote:
Originally posted by Houckham
What model car was that?
both 1.6 16v ecotecs
106bhp according to vaux
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broster
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ok, i got the viper induction kit an lexmaul inlet, the inlet made a huge difference, its on a 1.4 16v, keeps up with the early gsi's now now probs. the inlet is well worth the money and if ur gunna mod ur engine get one of these first, u can get them from many different companies, the lexmaul bin the easiest to fit as u dont need to move ur throttle body, and gives more useable power, velos an manzel do one that gives more power at the top of the rev range and a chip is advisable to get most out of it, these two are similer designs to one another but the velos bin cheaper, manzel looks better, dblis(sp) also do one, not sure about this one tho, look on regals web site. the viper is best filter iv had, iv tried normal piperx, drilled air box with k&n filter an cold air feeds but none seem to perform like the viper, made nice difference. dont no bout any other viper like filters! its not the loudest because its all inclosed but performs the best!
[Edited on 25-09-2003 by broster]
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Joff
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As the man said!!
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broster
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pvd sell them and their service is good, joff, u got any single wipers in for a corsa b? how much?
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broster
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forgot to mention that the lexmaul dont give as big top end increase but it gives loads midrange, very noticable!
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Houckham
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oh nice one.
where you need it most 
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broster
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yeah, this is true, is costs £429 from pvd. price has gone up snce i got mine i believe!
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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£429!
Ouch!
Less than £300 for a more powerfull one from velos. (Ive seen +21bhp on a 1.6)
Looks poo but for a saving of over £130 you could probably get it gold plated!!!!!!!
Choice is yours though.
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watson 1.416v
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when will the velos kick in at 5000rpm? and the lexmaul all the way through the mid range, wont that be the better option, hey broster what bhp is your car at now?
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watson 1.416v
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when will the velos kick in at 5000rpm? and the lexmaul all the way through the mid range, wont that be the better option, hey broster what bhp is your car at now? is it best with a unichip?
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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If the velos has less power at any part of the rev range than a velos torque tube then il never reply to an inlet manifold topic again!
Ive seen the graph of the lexmaul in PVD's catalogue and of a velos torque tube and the only difference seems to be that the lexmaul power tapers off, pretty much the same bhp and torque up to 5500rpm.
I had a look on PVD's website and its priced at £389 so dont know where £429 came from.
I cant understand the price rise to be honest as its in the same leauge as the more powefull mantzel and dbilas now.
My 147bhp 1.6 corsa is for sale with a different inlet manifold and race spec ECU is for sale if anyone is interested, £5000.
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broster
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musta red their catalogue rong then mate, my mistake! dunno what power my car is, neva had it on a rr. will do one day when i get some spare cash liein bout, dont c it happenin for a while then!
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watson 1.416v
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hey wolf, whats best to get just the torque tube or save up and get the full kit, how much bhp would it go up by on a 1.4 and what about insurence?
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Best bhp per pound is just a torque tube, drilled air box and de-cat.
If youve got more money then you could add a chip or a few other things.
If uve got £2000 just get throttle bodies.
I had £1100 so went for the plenum and unichip, then upgraded to race engine management to get a reliable high rev limit.
Id say power would go +20% so from 90 to 118bhp (more power than a 1.6 but less torque so dont expect to beat 1.6's).
With a de-cat and airbox too you should have enough bhp and torque to beat a standard 1.6.
It depends on how much cash you've got and if you want to go down the engine conversion or tuning route.
As for insurance i had to change companies as my old one wouldn't cover more than 20% power increases on any car.
Just declare it at +9bhp and as inlet manifold fitted and ul be ok, if you crash it i doubt they'll be able to rolling road it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brooster, in PVD's catalogue it says the lexmaull develops more torque in the mid range, but the mantzel, velos and dbilas also develop more in the mid range.
Total vaux really need to do a rolling road session on each of the products but i doubt they ever will as they get most advertising off PVD and the owners of both are meant to be good mates so it'll just come up on corsa sport every week.
[Edited on 27-09-2003 by Wolf In Welsh Clothing]
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watson 1.416v
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thanks that gets me thinkin, im gunna get the plenum in dec, must be better than a lexmaul, cheers wolf.
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broster
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wolk the price for the lexmaul is £429 in the catalogue, so the web site must be rong or sumink! will one day get mine rr'd so will see what power it is then, mine does beat 1.6's as proved many times tho
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