Team,
As a student of classical IC engine theory, the CAM has always been of interest to me. Has there been any threads considering the use of Electro-Mechanical Valving?
The last I knew, there were a few R&D efforts underway in this area. If you can get by the amount of energy it takes to "push" the valve, can you effectively "rewrite" your intake and exhaust events? Since modern cam design has been limited by force exerted on the lobe, due to physical contact rules, is there a place for a valve timing that is not limited by this phyical contact concern?
Would this technically re-write "our" ideal of a CAM profile for max power...etc...?
Thanks
Andrew
As a student of classical IC engine theory, the CAM has always been of interest to me. Has there been any threads considering the use of Electro-Mechanical Valving?
The last I knew, there were a few R&D efforts underway in this area. If you can get by the amount of energy it takes to "push" the valve, can you effectively "rewrite" your intake and exhaust events? Since modern cam design has been limited by force exerted on the lobe, due to physical contact rules, is there a place for a valve timing that is not limited by this phyical contact concern?
Would this technically re-write "our" ideal of a CAM profile for max power...etc...?
Thanks
Andrew