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Camless Engine
« on: February 28, 2014, 09:06:34 am »

I just read this and thought of my fellow gear heads.  Cool concept, wonder when I can transplant one into my van... clap2-*

http://jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to-ride-in-a-car-with-the-camless-engine-1529865968
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2014, 12:00:24 pm »

To me looks like the pneumatically actuated valvetrain would be just more things to go wrong with a the pneumatic system and be very expensive to to fix. 2@cent
Interesting but I'll stick with the cam engine.
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2014, 06:05:47 pm »

A looooog time ago Mazda had a "rotary" engine. Don't know how it was made or if it had valves and cams etc.  :confused04:;
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 07:15:01 pm »

A looooog time ago Mazda had a "rotary" engine. Don't know how it was made or if it had valves and cams etc.  :confused04:;
No cams just a three sided rotor spinning on an elliptical orbit around the crank with apex seals working like rings. Sort of like a 4/2 stroke.
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 09:45:08 pm »

I've watched this video a long time ago very interesting.



They can retro fit into any engine.
different video vvvvvvvvv


They also can turn cylinders on or off at will.  This will be the future I think.

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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2014, 08:46:07 am »

I've watched this video a long time ago very interesting.

They also can turn cylinders on or off at will.  This will be the future I think.

Cheers
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Same engine, good video!!

Howard, the Mazda RX8 still uses the rotary engine.  Only downside to the rotary is not much torque...
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2014, 01:29:38 pm »

Of course the fact thet Mr Koenigsegg makes the most expensive cars in the world means that after years of development it will take years to trickle down into the every-day cars

As 3Gear said w-a-y into the future
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Re: Camless Engine
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2014, 03:22:20 pm »

Of course the fact thet Mr Koenigsegg makes the most expensive cars in the world
True, but Hot Damm are his cars FFAASSTT!!!!!  (*speeder

So in 2025 or so I may have one for my van...
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