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raymr · #4 04-25-2005, 01:34 PM

Since there wouldn't be a cam, engineers could use a few different valve designs, maybe something that works more like a water faucet rather than a spring-loaded reciprocal valve. They are no longer restricted to the physical constraints of cam lobes.

I agree there would be lots of issues, reliability being the big one. And I've never liked the proliferation of electronic controls in everything. But we are so far down that path, and it would only be one more thing for OBDxx to troubleshoot!