Engines are complex bits of machinery. At their core level, yes, it's easy to understand what is happening. Air and fuel enter the engine where they are ignited and combustion occurs resulting in ...
A number of Variable Valve Actuators (VVA) has been recently proposed to improve the performances and the part load efficiency of spark ignition engines. Due to their peculiarity, these systems work ...
Valve timing is the most important factor determining an engine's character. A good illustration of this is provided by the following curious historical fact. In 1947 the Standard Motor Company of ...
Most modern variable valve-timing (VVT) systems use a cam phaser that rotates the position of each camshaft relative to the timing chain. Think of making a record turntable go faster or slower by ...
In order to set a stage for what follows, let's first revisit some of the fundamentals involved in how valve timing relates to power output. And to further clarify how "power" is defined in the ...
3D printed materials have come a long way in the last decade or so as printers have become more and more mainstream. Printers can use all kinds of different plastics with varying physical ...
This collection of cam-related phenomena is intended to take you beyond the degree-it-in and set-the-valve-lash plateau. In concert with what you may already know about camshaft types, selection, and ...
Alanson Partridge Brush. Remember that name. Because it was according to his patents that Cadillac put into production something that Honda and Alfa Romeo took decades to match. Mr. Brush's invention?
Many cars today including the Toyota RunX, Toyota Allex, Toyota Raum, Toyota Vitz, Toyota Spacio, keyword being Toyota, specifically small fuel-sipping cars from the manufacturer. Whenever one is in ...
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