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Old 08-17-2012, 02:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
It is not possible with a gasoline engine. Gas engines are throttled with the throttle body and air/fuel ratio is kept via other sensors. Diesel engines are throttled with how much fuel is injected and air/fuel ratios are all over the map.
It *IS* possible to run gasoline engines without a throttle plate! BMW does it:
Valvetronic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fiat and Nissan also have versions of this.

But it's really not feasible to convert a conventional throttle engine to a valve-throttled engine.
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