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Author ever seen a buckled powerbox? now with pictures!
Aerox-lad
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16th Feb 11 at 14:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
took my powerbox off again today. notced that the flange (where it attaches to the lower inlet) is sunk in quite badly. this is evidently why its sucking in too much air anyway i could fix it or is it buy a new box time? ive tried using 2 gaskets but nooo luck

[Edited on 16-02-2011 by Aerox-lad]
taylorboosh
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16th Feb 11 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can you not bend it back out?
Aerox-lad
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16th Feb 11 at 14:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cant see how?
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16th Feb 11 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep, Chris F's wasn't perfect iirc.

You can prob pull it out somehow.
Aerox-lad
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i'm just going to get you some photos see what you guys think


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[Edited on 16-02-2011 by Aerox-lad]
AlexW
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Holy fuck, Thats bad
Aerox-lad
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i know mate. Was like it when i bought it. but had a fucked gasket on there and me being a knob just thought stick a new gasket on and it should be ok
redtom
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fuck me is that made out of playdough?
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quote:
Originally posted by redtom
fuck me is that made out of playdough?


LOL take it itsa throw in the bin jobby and cough up a couple hundred?
redtom
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you could pull it back out flat and then either weld another flange onto it to give it double strength or weld in/put some long spacers in there for the bolt to go through so it places pressure on the bolt only not crushes the box again.

makes no sense trying to explain it but you may know what i mean.
Aerox-lad
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yeah can see what you're saying. how would i be able to pull it back out though what could i use?
AlexW
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Same as tom says imo. You need some kinda hook thing, Im not really sure what to suggest lol

[Edited on 16-02-2011 by AW06]
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put the box in a vice (not too tight as it looks like its made out of cheese so will probably end up flat) and use a bodywork puller/slide hammer to tap if all out slowly?
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that flange bit is only 3mm alloy as i just measured it apparently it was made by flame on here? my brother had the same one on his x16xe and he never had any problems though. then and again his was new
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quote:
Originally posted by Aerox-lad
that flange bit is only 3mm alloy as i just measured it apparently it was made by flame on here? my brother had the same one on his x16xe and he never had any problems though. then and again his was new


Flame's inlet manifolds are known to do that as they are a tad too thin. There is another version of them on ebay made by someone else and the metal is much thicker, they're £160 though.
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16th Feb 11 at 16:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Easy fix.



If you do something like that and tighten the nuts up on all 4 holes at the same time it should pull it straight.

May need to put a spacer at each end of the box where the bar would sit on to pull it past straight and spring back to how you want it.
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That might only work if you put a spacer under each end and actually pull it out a tad too far Gary, I reckon that just pulling it up against that bar flat to the box wouldn't be enough.

I'd be cutting the buckled side off and just replacing it with a bit of 4 or 5mm plate.
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All these aluminium copies seem to be pretty poorly made and made from shite materials. I don't think bending it straight will really help you in the long run.
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is this another stu22 one?

had 3 bowed ones now, cheap crap tbf
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
is this another stu22 one?

had 3 bowed ones now, cheap crap tbf


Read up a few posts, he says apparently it was made by Flame.
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says above it's possibly a flame one

Ronson

[Edited on 16-02-2011 by alan-g-w]
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they look crap too

fuck knows why anyone bought them, when the ebay ones were only £40 more
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Buy a vx one off ebay... trust me I had a shit one and it leaked air from all over the joint, second corsa I had with a vx power box was mint
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I had a flame inlet and it was great, maybe standards have slipped.

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