Hey Paul and All, Does anyone have a slide throttle that they don't want
or changed their mind about? Did Doc ever start to make them? I was
going to use a V6 throttle body but looking it over, it will be a whole
lot easier to use the slide with the EFI. Paul you had drawings at one
time but I can't find them. Could you resend them to me? If no one has
one for sale I can make one.

Thanks, and Happy Holidays
Rick in Alaska

Donald R. (Rick) Pitts


There is a youtube video on how to p-port an RX8 engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKw72dZ2yc

The trick is use an NC punch to make 3/16th aluminum front and back covers.
Weld the 2 inch OD aluminum tube runners to the outer cover. The SS inner tubes must be bolted on with SS flanges to the aluminum inner plate as you may need to take the engine apart some day :) This assume you will weld 2" OD .049 wall SS inner tubes to the steel rotor housing wear surface. (Works great!)
The Teflon slide is 3/8th of an inch thick to make sure it is strong
enough where it fastens to the throttle cable end.

The spacer can be welded up from 3/8th inch thick, 1/2 inch wide bar stock.

That is the cheap way of doing it.

If you need DXF IGES or STP dwg files let me know.

Doc ran the cost up by trying to do everything on an NC mill.

Paul