Corsagirl2006
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Hi,
I'm thinking of buying one of these for my car but I am unsure what make to go for Lexmaul, Dbilas or Mantzel?
Has anyone got any of these that can give me more information e.g power gains, fitting and prices?
Thanks 
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Dean_W
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Lexmaul, easiest to fit. Even spread of power but uses a lot of the standard inlet. Also don't think they are made anymore, but not sure on that.
Dbilas/Mantzel, hardest to fit, can be confusing if your not familiar with t'engines. Good gains, but peaky power at the top of rev range. Priced at about £500 from Mantzel direct, or cheap copies for about £150ish.
Ignore all this 22BHP shit aswell, mare like 10.
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Vaux Lad
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I got a 9bhp gain with my mantzel copy fitted.
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Dean_W
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Cheers Vaux Lad 
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Scotty C
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Steve x16xe made 10.8bhp with a Mantzel
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notts.pirate
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with a mild set of cams and a remap you should see decent gains tho surely ?
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ffls
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yeah I made 25 bhp with a MAntzel, Superchip generic chip and increased fuel pressure.
Made only 12 without increasing fuel pressure
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Superlite Ltd.
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tbh even a 10bhp gain will easily be noticable on a 1.4/1.6
I'd just get a mantzel copy
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Dean_W
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quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
I'd just get a mantzel copy
For the cash, I would aswell.
Only thing that really bugs me is some copies look absolutley gash!
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Corsagirl2006
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So no-one has commented on the Dbilas, does that mean their not as good?
Where can I get a Mantzle inlet from?
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Vaux Lad
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Dbilas should give same gains as a mantze.
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Corsagirl2006
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Thanks for everyone helping. Has anyone got any pics of them fitted to their car?
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Superlite Ltd.
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Mantzel copy from ebay
A noticable increase in power at all rpms imo
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eastend
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Same Ebay Copy, Good piece of kit, can definately feel the gains
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Vaux Lad
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This is mine. I also gained a lot of torque(not peak torque, but the torque stays high through the revs instead of dying off)
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Corsagirl2006
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Thanks guys 
Does anyone know where I can get hold of them, apart from on here and ebay?
The only problem I will have is fitting it, as been told it is quite hard?
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Vaux Lad
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Had mine done in a few hours.
The hardest bit is removing the old inlet and throttle body
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Corsagirl2006
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Oh right. So what fitting kit would I need to be able to fit it?
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Stu_22
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=412101
Ive made my own and sold a few here on corsasport. Unlike the ones above I supply everything you need in the kit.
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Superlite Ltd.
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The ebay one i bought had everything needed. Took me about 3 hours taking my time on a nice sunny day 
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gavin18787
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the copys, mantzel and diablis are all essentially the same. Only the lexmaul that is different and will give a differnt power delivery as said.
I have a mantzel one fitted to mine with a remap and 421 manifold and got 125.6 bhp. But ignore power figures really as you can definatly feel the difference on the road. Feels a bit smoother too due to the more even spread of torque like said above.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Corsagirl2006
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Ok cool. So how much estimated would you say I would get if I got a Mantzel inlet, with performance downpipes, Sports Cat, full exhaust system, power boost valve, steel billet lightened flywheel, k and n induction kit? Any ideas or don't have a clue lol!
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gavin18787
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well mine is
Mantzel
421 manifold
magnex cat back exhaust
diablis ECU chip
Ported and polished cylinder head
The remap raises the rev limit on the ecu so that it can gain the extra power as there is more avalible higher up with the new inlet. Although for this I am running arp bolts in the engine and sbd cambelt rollers to keep the engine healthy at those higher rpms
Heres the graph I got the other week when it was done
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Kenzie
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Heres my setup.
Took me and my mate quite a while to fit it. But we just worked steady away with frequent tea breaks and trips to the chippy lol!!
Shouldnt too long if you crack on with it though.
[Edited on 25-03-2008 by Kenzie]
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Corsagirl2006
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Lol, well sounds a pig to fit but hopefully I will get there! I think I will go for the Mantzel, I just wasn't sure as it was a copy so thought it wouldn't give out the same power gains!
So how much bhp are you looking at if you fitted the mantel when the cars standard?
Most people have got no more than 10 bhp from them!
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