bradgsi
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My mate (s1600nick) is in the process of building a supercharged 1600 for his corsa as some of you may know. For one part of the completion of this he needs to make a Mantzel style box.
So i am am having a freebie . He made me go out today and buy some more bits to make it work like a x16xe inlet maifold and some gaskets.
Should be ready within a week and get some piccies up on here for you lot to have a look at. If all goes to plan and a good power gain he might be starting to sell some on here (with permision from ian)
Prices to be announced after test run
Brad
[Edited on 23-09-2006 by bradgsi]
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JadeM
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Good luck....last one I saw SC was a lemon & all show + no go!!
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bradgsi
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Yeah it is nearly done now and he is a professional engine builder so he knows what he is doing.
Also a tight shit and wouldent throw money at something that wouldent work 
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IvIarkgraham
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i'd be interested in a power box if he was gonna start selling them
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S1600nick
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If it all works fine on brads (cant see why not) then i will be considirng building a batch and stick them up on here. Cost wise i think were going to be looking about £150-175. Which is a good price when you consider the manzel at £1k and hostyles at £580. Will put some pics up in the week when we've sorted brads.
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willay
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general chat 
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Dean_W
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quote:
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manzel at £1k
£520
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Marc
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general chat
FFS what is it with people posting shite in Genreal Chat then posting car topics in here 
Wheres that paper bag? 
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bradgsi
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Calm down all
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Dave A
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=311724
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j7 gkk
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out of interest Dave A, how much did the ones you desigend cost to make, and what sort of power gains did you see?
good luck with the charged corsa 
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Scotty C
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I'd be interested if u started selling them.
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Dave A
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out of interest Dave A, how much did the ones you desigend cost to make, and what sort of power gains did you see?
good luck with the charged corsa
they cost about £200 to make as they were cnc machined from 1 piece of billet metal. could have done them cheaper but wasnt enough demand for them. would need to make 20+ to make them feasible.
the 2 i did make went onto peoples cars. think on an otherwise standard engine they made 125ish bhp. the design will make the most difference at high rpm though as thats when a good flow design really helps
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j7 gkk
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if you ever think about making any more of these let me know, i would definately have one and a few of my mates from where i live would also be interested, was it 125bhp on a 1.6? thats a pretty big increase on a standard engine, ive been looking at you work on here, very impressed and i also see that you are starting your own business doing engine work
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Scotty C
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quote:
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if you ever think about making any more of these let me know, i would definately have one and a few of my mates from where i live would also be interested, was it 125bhp on a 1.6? thats a pretty big increase on a standard engine, ive been looking at you work on here, very impressed and i also see that you are starting your own business doing engine work
Yeh, that'll be the 1.6 mate
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Robin
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dave, you should definitely make a few more of them, look realy good.
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j7 gkk
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i agree with rob
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Scotty C
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Yeh, then I can buy one 
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Dave A
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rob, send me £4000 to fund the production then
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Robin
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if you could sell them for somewhere around the price of a lexmaul, it'd be a good seller i reckon.
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Robin
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rob, send me £4000 to fund the production then
i see your point 
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Dave A
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Ive just had to borrow £20k and spend £20k of my own to get the new business up and running (which it isnt anywhere near yet)
I might revive the inlets, just not yet. if anyone is interested in a cheap one made from box section aluminium then I can knock some up for less than £150.
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