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Nice video.
My first thought was that there will be issues with getting that thing to slide along the spline that quickly and what about the follower falling off/smashing into the edge of the cam during transition. After looking at it a while, I realize that this can't happen and that the transition happens while off cam.
So, maybe it can fly. You would definitely want to stay on top of your oil changes though.
Any chance of seeing this in the 2 liter golf engine?
I would think that they could get close to tdi highway numbers. Likely beat them when looked at from a $pg vs mpg viewpoint.
Does anyone have any figures on what sort of load the 2 dead cylinders are? The reason I ask is how much more of a gain could be realized in an engine that completely stopped the dead cylinders?
How tough would it be to make a clutch that would lock into place only when the 2 halves of the crank were back into perfect phase? And can you even do an I4 where the front and back two work as independent units? The VW uses the inner/outter cylinders together.
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