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Old 04-30-2011, 11:46 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
They could maybe even make the valves close on failure.

The possible advantages are huge.
No more cam belts or chains, and no more cams to start with.
That's a fair bit of mechanical drag gone.

Extremely variable valve timing without all the fuzz that it takes now.
Make them close with a spring, as they already are. Soleniod opens, spring closes.
I think the fiat twin air system is not too dissimilar to this. I like it!
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