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Dan.H
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29th Aug 08 at 15:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi i just bought another members car and it come with a velos torque tube fitted to the engine
Can anyone tell me what its there for and does it actually make any difference to the engine
ianofbhills
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29th Aug 08 at 15:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its a very early mantzel inlet manifold copy.

The company went bust and not many of those items were sold so its actually pretty rare.

It most certainly does work it gains as much as 20bhp over stock by removing the standard restrictive ultra long inlet with the much shorter more direct torque tube.

looks alot cruder then a mantzel though

search for mantzel or lexmaul inlets on here the pricipal is the same

[Edited on 29-08-2008 by ianofbhills]
Robin
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29th Aug 08 at 18:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pics!
Dan.H
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Jas
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29th Aug 08 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is that a vxr engine

and yes they do make a noticable difference..

more so with other mods
Simon_16v
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29th Aug 08 at 19:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That just looks like one of those copy ones
Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Pics!


I'm frankly amazed that you've never heard of these or Velo's tbh Robin, infact I'm quite disappointed
bubble
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29th Aug 08 at 20:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the early velos jobbies were awesome-replaced the entire manifold-lower one as well
GavCorsa
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29th Aug 08 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh and weren't they a tube shape too - hence the name (or a cylinder shape if i remember)
Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by GavCorsa
yeh and weren't they a tube shape too - hence the name (or a cylinder shape if i remember)


Yep
Linch
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29th Aug 08 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah, they made two different ones, one that was a complete replacement and that one which isnt a "copy" of a mantzel.
micra_pete
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29th Aug 08 at 21:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
velos were excellent, two blokes in a shed, did some work on the micra "back in the day"
Did they go bust? I was led to believe they retired!
I've only heard good things about the torque tube
Dan.H
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Is it worth anything then if i decide to put the engine back to standard,also does it fit any other engines or is it just for the 1.6 16v

[Edited on 29-08-2008 by danh785]
Linch
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29th Aug 08 at 22:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
worth what someone is willing to pay for it, tbh its a good design, better than all the copys of mantzels.
SportBoy
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29th Aug 08 at 23:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ed renshaws used to have one of those years ago
Dan.H
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31st Aug 08 at 09:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone know if this fits any other engine or is just the 1.6 16v
andyc1234
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will fit a 1.4 16v and the gsi engine as well if you change the lower inlet
Dan.H
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quote:
Originally posted by andyc1234
will fit a 1.4 16v and the gsi engine as well if you change the lower inlet

its on a gsi engine now
Richardhhha
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c16xe or x16xe?
Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules
quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Pics!


I'm frankly amazed that you've never heard of these or Velo's tbh Robin, infact I'm quite disappointed


I have, but I was expecting it to be the better version
Dan.H
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quote:
Originally posted by Richardhhha
c16xe or x16xe?

dont know wheres the code buddy
Warren G
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its a x16xe by looking at it, unless using 1.4 loom/managemnt
mattievRS
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looks like an x16xe to me
Ellis
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Red scuttle panel FTL!
Dan.H
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yeah just been an checked whats the difference like?

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