Denny,
You should know the answer to that question without asking!!!!
There is very little that leaves my premises that isn't based on my original concepts, I then leave it to my boys to carry out that concept.
The thing is that there is very little about "the look" of this set up that's new, just the use of SS tube rather than nylon.
The shower heads were originally designed by Brock Davidson (a very smart American) but Mike Thomas of Nitrous Solutions actually had these ones made and supplied them to Steve.
What I've done is rework the previous set up that used Foggers and large bore pipes which had sharp bends and uneven pipe lengths. These have been replaced with Crossfire injectors and small bore smooth flow SS tubes. I've also reworked the shower heads so they do a much better job than the original design.
The most stupid thing about the pro American nitrous kit brigade is that they probably realise that if they fitted a set of exhaust headers that had different length runners and 90 degree bends, they'd realise that such a set of headers wouldn't work as well as those they use. However they can't seem to understand that the same principles apply to ANYTHING that has to flow through a pipe.
The pipework on this system reminds me of a minature version of an F1 car exhaust system which obviously has to be to the optimum design for flow.
The main work is inside the components as we've flow matched the full system to achieve optimum performance.
I've used the Shower heads because they were part of the previous system and in some respects are superior in design to my own distribution blocks when manufactured correctly (although my current design does still have one or two advantages).
I've also used them because I'm in the process of adding them to my product range as an additional option for some applications.
Loopy,
You wouldn't believe how many times I've considered integrating the distribution block in the Pulsoid body (which would have been quite easy to do) but as the VAST majority of my sales are single point systems, it would have meant I'd have had to blank off far more than would be sold for DP systems, so not a viable option unless sales numbers increase for DP systems.
Don't be so sure it'll take a long time for the Smooooth system to get accepted, as I've already got a number of US companies and TOP racers chomping at the bit to buy them in serious numbers (once I can get them into production).
Furthermore I have a design that will be cheaper to manufacture and I'm confident it will be possible to have that design sell at a competative price with the cheap solenoid garbage kits that are currently flooding the UK market (just pleased I'm currently getting so much growth in the USA).
Four27,
When I sent you the PM it was before I decided just ONE system would be adequate for Steve and at that time I was talking about a new plate design that I've designed. I have 2 options that are superior to mass production U.S. plates and I intend to carry out some more R&D before launching them in the U.S. market.
However this set up is vastly superior to any plate (in most respects) and if you want the best results this is what you want.
With regard to results on Steves car, well I can assure you he's going to make an even bigger leap forward than Ian did at his 1st event (assuming the new bits gremlins stay away) and I'm confident Ian will be up there with him as it will be his 2nd event and we'll have implemented a few improvements based on what we learned from the 1st one.
Regards