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Originally Posted by Wutputt
So it's a bit like BMW's Valvetronic, but going even a few steps further by controlling each cylinder individually and controlling the interferences between the different cylinders.
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yea when I first read about it BMW came to mind with the individual butterfly valves per cylinder. looking at the diagrams though, it almost seems that this is essentially a very controllable iteration of variable valve lift. in a performance car this could be a viable substitute for the variable valve timing and lift camshaft technologies used by other manufacturers. If this can be effectively applied to exhaust valves as well, and has a failsafe nature like they mentioned, this could be a huge jump in automotive technology. that is just the way I see it though
