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Old 01-25-2008, 06:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
This sounds like a sensible idea. Many modern engines use drive by wire and intake cam timing in order to maximize throttle opening in order to reduce pumping losses, so I would say that this makes a bit of sense in the same way.
Yes, they vary timing. I'd be changing lift, and it would be static, not variable. But maybe it is similar in reducing pumping losses. The big questions are (1) can this work and (2) if it does, does it make a measurable improvement and (3) does it hurt something else (timing? driveability?).

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