Ford Vtec baby!

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Originally posted by V8killimports
how about my idea.. here it is:

Computer camshaft. In a nutshell, them camshaft opens and closes valves and determines how long they are open. Why couldn't something be developed that allows a computer to open and close the valves, and do away with the camshaft? This way you would have less moving parts, and be able to tue your car to what you want. For example, as a daily driver I would "tune" my computer cam for about .500" lift and about 210@50 duration, when when I get crazy on the weekend, I could retune it for like 500lift and 250/260@ 50 duration. Why not?

i think the next 3 series from bmw will have that. the only problem is that the valves will slap like crazy because they will open/close really fast, unlike the good ol' camshafts that allow for them to close slower. well it's all new technology and it will be perfected in couple of years