Comment by toxik
5 years ago
It’s a good question, why is only fuel injection and ignition computer controlled? The intake and exhaust valves must also be solenoid controllable.
5 years ago
It’s a good question, why is only fuel injection and ignition computer controlled? The intake and exhaust valves must also be solenoid controllable.
Swedish hypercar builder Koenigsegg has made a system like this, they call it FreeValve.
Their upcoming car called the Gemera will feature FreeValve, its 2.0L 4-cylinder is said to generate over 600HP. Though it must be said that this is a 1.5 million dollar car, so don't expect this kind of performance per displacement from other brands.
A guy on Youtube made his own version of freevalve, and got it to work on a Mazda Miata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KJ_f7REGw
This exists, but it is very expensive. https://www.freevalve.com/freevalve-technology/
Because of reliability and the potential damage, not injecting fuel is not such a big deal but a stucked valve can cause serious damage with all the pressure inside the cylinder. There are some cars now with no camshaft, but they are very high end experimental sport cars like Koenigsegg