Fobio
09-30-2008, 03:37 PM
http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/forum/cp-e-saloon-store/12397-pictures-cp-e-nano.html
So I was able to snag some pics of our new intake that we're calling the XcelNANO™. This is the prototype unit we've made, so this may not represent the final product. We're planning on engraving the cp-e logo onto the side of the housing, units will be powdercoated, and we also need to wrap up a few loose ends before this goes prime time.
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri1.JPG
A few things to point out...
Although it looks like our intake doesn't have a bellmouth, it most certainly does!
A bellmouth at the entrance of any air inlet is important because it maintains flow energy by reducing flow separation. As a "For instance," if you put a vacuum on a pipe it would flow some volume. Now, if you put a bellmouth on the end of the pipe and pull the same vacuum, the pipe will actually pull more air through it for no other reason than lower entrance losses. So it's important to include some kind of radius at the entrance of any inlet for the least flow restriction possible.
The funny thing is that we've been running bellmouths on our intakes for some time now, but never really advertised the feature. All of our intakes have a radiused piece of plastic at the entrance of our pipes to smooth airflow. We recently cut a new filter apart to illustrate this:
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri2.JPG
Finally, all of the XcelNANO's will feature our CNC machined aluminum housing and stock-style airflow straightener.
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri3.JPG
MSRP hasn't been finalized but it will be in the ~$200 range with generous introductory discounts. Hang tight guys and I'll try to get more pics and info!
So I was able to snag some pics of our new intake that we're calling the XcelNANO™. This is the prototype unit we've made, so this may not represent the final product. We're planning on engraving the cp-e logo onto the side of the housing, units will be powdercoated, and we also need to wrap up a few loose ends before this goes prime time.
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri1.JPG
A few things to point out...
Although it looks like our intake doesn't have a bellmouth, it most certainly does!
A bellmouth at the entrance of any air inlet is important because it maintains flow energy by reducing flow separation. As a "For instance," if you put a vacuum on a pipe it would flow some volume. Now, if you put a bellmouth on the end of the pipe and pull the same vacuum, the pipe will actually pull more air through it for no other reason than lower entrance losses. So it's important to include some kind of radius at the entrance of any inlet for the least flow restriction possible.
The funny thing is that we've been running bellmouths on our intakes for some time now, but never really advertised the feature. All of our intakes have a radiused piece of plastic at the entrance of our pipes to smooth airflow. We recently cut a new filter apart to illustrate this:
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri2.JPG
Finally, all of the XcelNANO's will feature our CNC machined aluminum housing and stock-style airflow straightener.
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/sri3.JPG
MSRP hasn't been finalized but it will be in the ~$200 range with generous introductory discounts. Hang tight guys and I'll try to get more pics and info!