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They have replaced a pure mechanical linkage with a motor in each valve. A typical 4 cylinder engine will now need sixteen extra motors to run it. While I lik
by parimm 8y ago
They have replaced a pure mechanical linkage with a motor in each valve.
A typical 4 cylinder engine will now need sixteen extra motors to run it.
While I like the idea of controlling the timing of each valve interdependently for the other, I am not for the additional electronics in the engine.
- rasz 8y agoIts even worse, they replaced 1 camshaft with 4 camshafts, because electric linear actuators are not there yet (and probably never will be).