I would love to have something like this for my car but im not sure if that could be scaled up to the valve opening that my larger engine would need, as the more they open the slower it is to respond.
I wonder how much force the solenoids can handle? The reason is if they can handle 90# springs pressing back it could be relatively easy for me to add them to my push rod engine. I would remove the push rods add a separate oil line for the rockers since it is no longer being supplied by the push rods. Then place the solenoids under the rockers to act as the cam and push rods, this will reduce the amount of travel that is needed and remove the delay in closing since it still has a spring to snap it closed. If needed lighter valves could be used (I think the stock springs are 85-90#) I do not think that there are lighter springs, but the rocker ratio can be increased to help the amount of lift.
Hopefully the duty cycle can be adjusted to change the amount of lift.
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