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@tomo, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:16 PM

Free-Valve which requires pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical control - way too complex for OEMs. Worse than existing mechanical or electro-mechanical VVT as too many points of failure.

Not Desmo either.

It's like putting hi-tech cladding on old buildings...

Nov 15, 2017 at 12:59 AM | Registered CommenterPcar

Germany will 'NOT ALLOW' Theresa May to ignore the EU's 2 week divorce deadline.
Getting a bit uppity doncha think?
Achtung I vill say zis only vunce

Nov 14, 2017 at 11:41 PM | Unregistered CommenterKleinefeldmaus

Nov 14, 2017 at 6:51 PM | tomo

When owners secure their boats/yachts for the winter, they should always check there are no rats on board first.

Once they have eaten through the packets of forgotten about, emergency dried rice and pasta, they develop an appetite for electrical insulation.

Nov 14, 2017 at 10:46 PM | Unregistered Commentergolf charlie

Pcar

look mum ! - no cams!

Freevalve

An explanatory video

Nov 14, 2017 at 8:16 PM | Registered Commentertomo

Re: Camcon

Initial thought: big change from existing VVT cams.

I will review and post later

Nov 14, 2017 at 7:55 PM | Registered CommenterPcar

@AK, Nov 14, 2017 at 12:13 PM

Good point GolfCharlie, but herein ALL Russians are Persil white, and the West (excepting Trump) is misinformation central.

Misrepresentation distortion and false narratives again AK. You are the only one posting that assertion whilst claiming others wrote it.

Nov 14, 2017 at 7:55 PM | Registered CommenterPcar

mikeh, gc

the 2 gennies are a minimum of 200kVA apiece I suspect (mebbe more judging by the size of the 3ph cables) and the bunded fuel bowser / tank is 1000L - having looked at the site I'd expect at least another two similar setups located on site + those expensive executive marquees are usually heated with propane - I would expect the prominent red bottles to be cloaked in some white PVC covers......

gc
waht you need to damage the cables is goats - but rats for some reason occasionally develop an appetite for rubber insulation.

Nov 14, 2017 at 6:51 PM | Registered Commentertomo

@Rhoda it said "there is no mechanical link to the crank,"
"Intelligent Valve Actuation" IVA www.camcon-automotive.com
Ah it says this
"IVA power consumption (including alternator efficiency) is lower than the parasitic losses of a conventional camshaft driven valvetrain in the majority of operating points"

15% ?
"Running engine tests indicate up to 6% steady state reductions in carbon dioxide production with a further 7-9% expected from improved combustion control during transients. "

Nov 14, 2017 at 6:44 PM | Registered Commenterstewgreen

Nov 14, 2017 at 5:11 PM | Registered Commenter mikeh
Looking at that video, I am appalled by the mass of exposed trailing electric cables. A small squirrel could chew on them and choke on the insulation. I hope Greenpeace will start demonstrating immediately, and remove the cables.

Nov 14, 2017 at 6:38 PM | Unregistered Commentergolf charlie

Nov 14, 2017 at 5:11 PM | mikeh

Brilliant!

If we had the claimed power output, diesel consumption and spare/reserve capacity, some real estimates could be done on the Carbon Footprint.

Nov 14, 2017 at 5:30 PM | Unregistered Commentergolf charlie

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