Popular_Science_Australia_November_2016

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For more than a century, the

internal combustion engine

has relied on the camshaft.

This spinning rod with

variable lobes sits atop the

engine, where it opens and

closes intake and exhaust

valves during the combustion

cycle. But the camshaft has

a limited range of motion, so

its degree of control over the

valves is finite. This is the

KOENIGSEGG FREEVALVE

New Life for

the Gas Engine

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