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> New Carb linkage for /4 engines- RAT "Accu-Link", Another approach for the solution of a long time issue.
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post Oct 2 2009, 04:51 PM
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how simple would it be to make it so they didn't have to rotate the same direction?


Would something like what I have diagrammed out be possible?


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post Oct 2 2009, 05:01 PM
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Anything is possible..A version like this would have to be created by the user, from the pieces we'd provide.

We might make up a DIY kit of just parts so people could make their own custom arrangement.

Look for some idea of pricing next week, then I'll need to hear from those wanting to buy one before we go further.. If it won't sell in good volumes there isn't any use to make mass runs of parts.
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post Oct 2 2009, 05:23 PM
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I freakin" can't wait to ditch the hex bar on our F-Prod car! We'll have to figure out a way to operate it with the Morse cable that we currently use to actuate the hex bar.
Nice work guys!
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post Oct 2 2009, 07:33 PM
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This is similar to what I've been carrying around in my head for awhile. Glad to see a real live version.

I HATE CROSSBAR LINKAGES, and I'm ready for more people to use something else.
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post Oct 2 2009, 08:18 PM
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I now have a tentative price... 159.00 per kit..
This is in high gear, I haven't had a response to something this positive in quite some time!
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post Oct 2 2009, 08:22 PM
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Do you also anticipate selling carb kits that include this in place of a standard linkage? (Rather than buying a carb kit, discarding the linkage, and buying this in addition)
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post Oct 2 2009, 08:38 PM
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QUOTE(flipb @ Oct 2 2009, 07:22 PM) *

Do you also anticipate selling carb kits that include this in place of a standard linkage? (Rather than buying a carb kit, discarding the linkage, and buying this in addition)


This will be the only linkage we will be offering once it's perfected
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post Oct 2 2009, 08:49 PM
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Let me be the first to point out that this new system appears MUCH LIGHTER than the typical cross bar set up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Oct 2 2009, 08:51 PM
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I only wish I hadn't just bought a new linkage a couple months ago... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Oct 2 2009, 09:03 PM
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It is light!!Very light!
Otherwise Len would never let me use it on the FP car. Hell he wouldn't let me put more than one coat of clear coat on the paint job! He said it would weigh too much!!
Even my video camera had to go on a diet to allow it to be installed into the car!
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post Oct 2 2009, 11:32 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Oct 2 2009, 01:58 AM) *

QUOTE(ghuff @ Oct 2 2009, 01:28 AM) *

QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Oct 1 2009, 06:14 PM) *

Yep!!!
A few people have made their own system that functions similarly; with cables.. Their was done a tad different, but still worked well.

But this is the first commercially available arrangement :-)

Now I wonder how long it'll be before the Chinese copy it???



They are already working on it.

The copies will be made of lead, and give you aids from using them so I would not worry too much. The chinese have the reverse midas touch when it comes to automotive.

I thought at one point i'd be safe with cast iron, no they fuck that up too. Lesson learned. I just dropped 1100$ on new turbo exhaust hardware because zang ghong foundry LTD uses recycled sewer caps or pig iron to pour into their crappy molds that are not even scaled right.


Maybe, but never under estimate the Chinese, 40years ago "made in Japan" meant crap cars....this is only the beginning.



True, to an extent. Some things like Datsun 510's and etc were pretty good and even though they rot much faster and worse than a 914, they were pretty good designs IMHO.

They certainly have the resources people wise in numbers.

They can also own us both ways then. In debt and selling us things back for more devalued american $$$ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


Back on topic though, 150-160$ is a pretty damn good price point too for a setup. I'm willing to bet that if maintained and kept clean this cable system would be the last setup you would ever have to buy, excepting a new cable every x years, x being much longer than a Gemo/Terry cable would last anyways!
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post Oct 2 2009, 11:53 PM
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looking good.
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post Oct 3 2009, 12:29 AM
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I like it. I was thinking on making a cable linkage myself about a year ago. I ended up modifying a bellcrank linkage. It works ok but needs to be readjusted sometimes.
I like your design clean and simple and priced reasonable. When ever there ready for sale I'll buy one for sure.
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post Oct 3 2009, 08:00 AM
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I am definitely in for 1 and maybe for 2 if they will work on 6s with webers.

I need one for the Rockin 914 with the Jake/McMark 2270 next month. I can
help with testing if you want. I want the other for the IMSA car, which will run
carbs on a 6.

Where do I send my money?

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post Oct 3 2009, 10:08 AM
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If you want to sell volume in this Jake, trademark it and sell some to CB Performance. The Type I guys would use this too...
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post Oct 3 2009, 11:22 AM
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Bugpack is my choice for the re-seller in the T1 world... They are the company that works closest with us and has the desire to bring more manufacturing back to the US..They are already onboard with this development, Rick Sadler, VP at Bugpack ran a similar set up in 1978 on his drag car.

Plus this'll be the only other patented linkage system, in direct competition with the CB hexbar set up...

I am already preparing for the negative reviews that the "opposition" will surely have when this puppy hits the market.
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post Jan 2 2010, 06:29 PM
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Any update on this? I'm ready to "adjust" mine with a baseball bat, then melt it down and build something I can break again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Jan 2 2010, 07:05 PM
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Jake's gone til Monday, then he'll be catching up on the backlog.

"Spring" was the last reference I heard to a possible release date.
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post Jan 2 2010, 11:04 PM
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Spring would be perfect, i really want one of these
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post Jan 3 2010, 12:33 AM
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Jake's gone til Monday


Killin' Wild Boars! Yee Haw! Bet he is cold too! I heard it got into the 20's in Florida today...
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