Re: [alfa] re: 147 knock-off (Mazda 3)

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you talking about the cam-less designs that use electronic controlled
actuators to move the valves? I didn't know anyone had taken that into
production yet. I remember reading about it a few years ago though, so it
has been long enough for it to go into production use. At the time, if I
remember the article, they first did it to see if they could, then they
were going to try racing with it. I just wish I could remember who "they"
was. It's been too long.

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Benjamin wrote:

> Yes, but don't Porsche now have a system where its completely variable, not
> like an on/off switch?
>
> ~Benjamin
>
> The ultimate car : designed by Italians, built by Germans (Lamborghini?!)
>
> > > Yes, the VVT used by Alfa, Porsche, etc. in the '80s just
> advanced/retarded
> > > a pretty normal intake cam.  The neat thing about the Honda system was
> that
> > > it could switch between two totally different cam lobes to vary lift.
> >
> > That is neat.
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