Paul,

 Missed you and Robin as well as Dave's flyover at
 Sevenstock this year.

 Seemed like more cars and people than last year.  One
 of the cooler things

 was the Mazdaspeed lap attack RX-8 with a slide-throttled,
 pport 4 rotor

 that was started a couple times throughout the day.



 Todd



 I was totally  unaware it was happening. they must
 have taken me off the

 7 stock mailing list. What class was this car intended to
 run it?



 Paul Lamar





 Paul,

 Not sure about which class.  Here is a shot of the 18"
 intake runners.
 Notice the slide throttle is at the top of the manifold,
 away from the
 ports.  Also, the intake runners were at least 2 ½ "
 in diameter.



 Todd


 <http://michael-david-palmer.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=979&g2_imageVie
 wsIndex=1 IMG_1280

 Looks like one of out Teflon slide throttles. One can't
 expect people
 to get it right all the time :)

 Paul Lamar

Paul

He told me that he made his own slide throttle. He is using a Mezier electric
water pump and says it provided enough cooling. But the racing class he
runs in is only 1 lap on a closed circuit. The e shaft is 3 pieces not
made by the New Zealand shop or by Hurley; he never said who made it.
I think there are 2 20B intermediate plates in it, so 4 main bearings.

regards, Robert

Electric water pump eh? ROFL!
Perhaps he can make one lap :)

Paul Lamar