> 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

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, My Buddy say's that he uses the AMADA global cam cad and that if I

get the files in DXF that would save allot of time on the setup.

Thanks, Rick in Alaska

Those are amazing machines. All the RV parts are made with them.
Here is the zipped dxf.

Paul Lamar