Slide Throttles
Todd Knighton
knighton at net-quest.com
Wed Aug 21 23:55:27 GMT 1996
> Wouldn't engine vacuum also have a similar effect as well?
Yeah, but the turbos have not only vacuum but boost as well and end up
with a 6/1 pressure ratio over the thing on surge. engine vacuum is
paltry enough, especially on big cammed motors that typically use slide
to not affect it.
> > 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
>
> Yeah, but parts are available at the hardware store in the plumbing
> department.... :-)
Somehow I can't see using PVC on an engine. And someone previously
yelled at me for mentioning "Radio Shack", huh! This one takes the cake!
>
Todd Knighton
Protomotive Engineering
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