Electronic Camshaft

WHAT'S NEXT; A Chip-Based Challenge to a Car's Spinning Camshaft - The New York Times

an electric cam would be sick. think about it, perfectly tunable to how ya want it!!

A new cam just a tune away

By the time the electroincs get there, the internal combustion engine may be a thing of the past.

Michael Gauthier made a good point:
"About 90 percent of the time you need about 20 percent of the engine's output,'' Mr. Gauthier said. ''It's extremely wasteful to put a 200-horsepower engine in a car when you only need 40 horsepower most of the time.''

Is there a way for the camshaft to be placed in two different phases--as in normal cruising conditions, the cam mechanically lowers itself deeper into the block causing the valves to open less, making less power and requiring less fuel...and then when the power is commanded, the camshaft phases upwards, creating a condition where the valves open wider and stay open longer--hence creating more power? Could this technology be used in coordination with DOD?

Hmmmmmm.....maybe I should have been an Engineer versus this Architect crap. :ugh2:

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

By the time the electroincs get there, the internal combustion engine may be a thing of the past.

Michael Gauthier made a good point:
"About 90 percent of the time you need about 20 percent of the engine's output,'' Mr. Gauthier said. ''It's extremely wasteful to put a 200-horsepower engine in a car when you only need 40 horsepower most of the time.''

Is there a way for the camshaft to be placed in two different phases--as in normal cruising conditions, the cam mechanically lowers itself deeper into the block causing the valves to open less, making less power and requiring less fuel...and then when the power is commanded, the camshaft phases upwards, creating a condition where the valves open wider and stay open longer--hence creating more power? Could this technology be used in coordination with DOD?

Hmmmmmm.....maybe I should have been an Engineer versus this Architect crap. :ugh2:

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ok have V restrict your truck to simulate 40 hp and see how you like it

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Originally Posted by TATERNATOR

ok have V restrict your truck to simulate 40 hp and see how you like it

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I wouldn't mind when just cruising cause I would get waaaaaaay better mpgs.

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Originally Posted by txarkitekt

By the time the electroincs get there, the internal combustion engine may be a thing of the past.

Michael Gauthier made a good point:
"About 90 percent of the time you need about 20 percent of the engine's output,'' Mr. Gauthier said. ''It's extremely wasteful to put a 200-horsepower engine in a car when you only need 40 horsepower most of the time.''

Is there a way for the camshaft to be placed in two different phases--as in normal cruising conditions, the cam mechanically lowers itself deeper into the block causing the valves to open less, making less power and requiring less fuel...and then when the power is commanded, the camshaft phases upwards, creating a condition where the valves open wider and stay open longer--hence creating more power? Could this technology be used in coordination with DOD?

Hmmmmmm.....maybe I should have been an Engineer versus this Architect crap. :ugh2:

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Thats called VVT or V-tec :D

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Originally Posted by cjriojas

Thats called VVT or V-tec :D

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no chris it's VTAK

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Originally Posted by cjriojas

Thats called VVT or V-tec :D

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V-TEC and VVT are the motor's timing events controlled by a fixed camshaft...not by phasing the camshaft up or down. Moron. :D

So what you are saying is instead of controlling it with a chain, control it electronically and move it up and down? Still sounds like V-TAK to me :taunt:

isnt that kinda of what the new 6.2's do with their cam other than physicaly moving the location of the cam???