Slide Throttles

[SRavet at bangate.compaq.com]

Todd Knighton <knighton at net-quest.com> Wrote:
| 
| Paul,
| 	Another disadvantage to slides is on turbo motors.  One surge, or 
when
| you slam the throttle closed, they tend to stick closed because of the
| massive pressure placed on top of them.  Whereas the butterflies offset
| the pressure equally on both sides of the shaft.
| 	Barrel throttles give very strange low flow characteristics, but 
do
| have very nice flow at wide open.  They are hard to seal as well.  The
| Oldsmobile Aerotech that set all the land speed records used it.  But
| they said for emmisssions stuff it wouldn't work because of the leakage.
| 
| Todd Knighton
| Protomotive Engineering

OK, what is a slide throttle?  I thought it was simply a "cover" that 
slides over a "hole".  But that wouldn't tend to stick closed.  so what is 
it?

--steve


Steve Ravet
sravet at bangate.compaq.com
Baby you're a genius when it comes to cooking up some chili sauce...