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Old 06-03-2021, 05:45 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Considering some large marine engines resorted to camless valvetrains before all the hype around Freevalve, and that a Swiss company was also developing an automotive camless valvetrain some years ago, it wouldn't surprise me if this engine actually resorts to a system different from the Freevalve.
In the thread I linked, the founder repeatedly says it has a standard valve train. Also, digging some more, the bore and stroke are approximately 5.9" and 4.8"
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The information is correct but all of our performance numbers are based on a standard valvetrain design configuration without the camless option.

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1. Your average 4-cylinder has a flat-plane crank.
2. Shorter connecting rods would make the issue worse as they are running at even more of an angle, wich makes the imballance worse.
1. I am aware, just telling what I know about it.
2. Yeah, they claim some kind of magic about 2nd order harmonics? Someone dug up this patent filing by the inventor Alberto Araujo


So it looks like it's just a Scotch Yoke engine. Dead in the water.

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