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Old 03-25-2008, 01:28 PM   #13
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You would think that if it is actually any good that someone would have taken off with it by now with all these crazy engine designs that are coming out.

It seems like they haven't been able to sell their design to anyone, just like the MYTE engine, so are trying to make a buck or two out of their own shop.

I would think that there could be a problem with it though on engines with a lot of miles on them. When it com busts, it seems like a lot of deposits could form on the underside of the the cams which as mileage builds up on them could make rotation difficult, as the gap between the cam and the head is extremely slim.
Plus deposits could form on the intake and exhaust cam openings, quickly limiting the volume of air that is able to enter and leave. As it fills with deposits, less is able to enter.


In a normal combustion camber, air is sucked into the engine with the downward stroke at a constant rate, but with this engine, it looks like the downward stroke sucks air from the cam, which wouldn't be able to supply a constant rate of air. It would basically be opening and closing thousands of times each second, limiting air supply. As the cam rotates, during the intake process, their would be gaps from air being a loud to come into the engine and vis versa for the exhaust. Current engines allow a constant rate of intake and exhaust flow which I would see as being much more idel.
Then with that, I don't think that force induction would really be all that great either. As the air is being thrown into the motor via super/turbo charger, air would be pushed back into the turbo quiet frequently as the cam rotates not making it as efficient. Plus, it looks like when you really start revving the engine, all the air in those little cam pockets may not completely get sucked out, or enough exhaust gases getting pushed out. The cam would spin so fast that the pockets don't fully fill to their capacity.

Plus being able to modify the cam/head wouldn't seem like you could really do all that much. Less possibilities for the home user to modify the head for added performance, and gives manufacturers less room to modify their heads for different applications. Just less flexibility for everything.

You can look at those specs and be amazed, but it could also be from the guys who are fudging their specs just to try to make a buck.
Car companies are doing much more crazy things then this, and some seeming to be much more complicated then this, so I wouldn't think much of this technology to really add up to much.



It seems like the main thing the engine has is compression, which I don't think would be all that great because of fuel octane unless in applications other then gasoline.
Just seems fishy to me for a normal combustion engine. Their site compares it to a normal engine making 480hp, they say that they can rev to 15k rpm, but don't state HP!? They also show a 855cu in (14L) making 180hp to 280hp on natural gas and up to 400hp on diesel. Doesn't seem all that special to me only making that kind of power compared to the competition.
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