Koenigsegg camshaftless engine

[XitUp]

Yeah, that was a stupid thing to say. Every year engines get cleaner, more efficient, more powerful.

[lankybob]

davepoth said:

The only place this technology has existed previously is Longbridge, but I doubt anyone will mention that...

I (rather sadly, it has to be said) have been looking for an article on this for ages. I glanced at it a few years ago on the internet and haven't been able to find it since. Can anyone help? Kind of the next stage on the VVC trail.

This does look interesting though, only a matter of time until it is on cars we all can drive.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Megaflow said:

Lotus Engineering have been playing with this for several years now, and when it happens it will transform the ICE.

2 valves per cylinder
4 valves per cylinder
cylinder deactivation
valve timing adjustability
valve lift adjustability
valve overlap adjustability

The possibilties are just endless.

They have. We have a Lotus single cylinder glass engine here and the guy from lotus uses it to investigate combustion/flame propagation etc while using the electrically actuated valves. No cams. Its an amazing bit of kit to watch.