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

Paul,
What do you think about  my thoughts in regard to BAM coated aluminium slide
plate in that it might be a better option than Teflon, considering the
friction co-efficient and cost of Teflon and the difficulty of getting the
Teflon  thickness machined accurately. Provided it stands up to the sliding
wear and tear. I guess one would need to coat all sliding surfaces.
Or are the drugs still affecting me?

BTW no offence in spelling my name wrong, it is unusual, but for the records
it's Lendich ( pronounced Len-dich). It originates from Dalmatia ( beautiful
but rugged west coast of Yugoslavia). I joking tell people my Grandfather
was a Dalmatian. In a bygone era the Roman wealthy had their holiday homes
along this beautiful coast line. Although I might accept that I may have
some Roman blood line, I'm not so happy to accept Italian. Of course there's
the Spanish, Irish, Scottish and English influences as well- but that's
another story.
George (down under)

Sorry.
The advantage of the Teflon is its embedding capability. It will not jam if some
sand gets in it. The Teflon just absorbs the sand so to speak.
Historically that has been a severe problem with metal slide throttles.
One grain of sand in a road race jamming the throttle and you crash or die.

Paul Lamar