Neil ...... I believe you answered your own question about why you haven' t seen throttle plates that increase and decrease their opening diameter at each port when you mentioned " cost and complexit
Worked well on the Jaguar engine Wes Knudsen used in his E Boat "Stardust" when he won a couple of national championships. Just a slide plate between the flat surface on the head and Hilborn injector
Bruce, You can see Algons on my Lyndwood rail next time by. Where do barrell valve carbs fit into this slide valve talk. I have an old Miller barrell valve carb from the 1920's,with a multi port jet
Yes indeed, Bruce, C.T. Automotive built their own slide throttle mechanical injector for the first Bonneville Ardun back in '51 and it took a record around 162 mph in their street-driven Hiboy '32 F
I remember my dear ole Dad talking about when they put the laid down Offy in the Cannon special sports car, on gasoline, they just made a manifold with two big strombergs (Off of a Lincoln I think, b
Very interesting, you and the whole rest of the world loved that good ol' Norton Manx. I owned a somewhat decrepit but original '61 350 Manx for years, never got around to getting it running, sold it