Guys

Memery aside, gears and belts are fixed. They won't go out of spec (much). Adding separate electric motors would require very precise control, and more potential points of failure than even an Audi-tier chain setup.

>add starter motors to camshaft motors in case they shut off while driving
>starter motors are even smaller combustion engines

I have a feeling freevalve will actually show up in the market about a year after half the cars are electric.

>cams
>belt
kek nice, get that engine out of a cracker jack box

vaporware.

Yeah, I don't think its going to see any mass production phase. Sadly.

They're doing stuff with the chinks, so hope might not be lost yet.
freevalve.com/qoros-debuts-driveable-freevalve-qamfree-engine-at-2016-guangzhou-motor-show/

>remove valve springs
>connect the valve to the cam lobe like a con rod connects to a crank.
>suddenly the shitty resitance from the springs is gone.

enjoy your broken valve rods.

anyone have any idea how to make ICE magically efficient?

Now we're talking

Free valves are a thing already. Koenigsegg have pneumatic spring valves engines that use the pressure of air and oil to push and retreat the valves.

The valves (intake for example) need to be closed for 3 cycles and open for one. A reciprocating crank would open and close them continuously without letting them seal for the compression stroke.

Nope. Gas engines are going to be stuck around 30-40% thermal efficiency (I think Toyota got one to high thirties n/a) and I'm fine with my carbureted small block being way worse than that.

why not use electromagnets?

fuck timing belts

fuck timing chains.

into the trash they go.

Having a bunch of tattoo guns moving the valves kind of makes sense.

WHERE DO I BUY THIS

Fuck yeah, timing gears ftw.

This could work, but it will make the car even heavier.

Make it bigger. This engine can get a little over 50% thermal efficiency.

>tfw no trailer-powered semi-trucc to haul around trailered engine with

LET'S MAKE LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELECTRONIC. FUCK IT. WANT TO SEE OUT THE WINDOW? BAM! CURVED 16K SCREEN WITH 0.02ms LAG! UN-MATCHED PERFORMANCE.

>non-interference engine

>implying this isn't already happening
backup cameras are just the first step

>additional points of failure with the same rotating mass and heat loss of conventional valvetrain

nah. how about linear valve actuation tho senpai

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But what starts the starter motors?

He comes free with the car if you get the Manuel transmission

>hand cranking crankshaft

Why bother when we can go further on 100 pounds of gas than we can on 1000 pounds of fully charged battery

>make car use less fuel for the same performance
>need smaller tank for the same range
>smaller tank means less fuel
>less fuel means less weight
>less weight means better acceleration, braking and handling

progressively smaller combustion engines until you have starter cranks being turned by teeny microbes which feed off petroleum

It's an rc wankel.
rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1075931-Two-Rotor-Wankel-Engine

You do realise that the cams spins at half speed????

This has been the best thread on Veeky Forums for a while

Thanks for the chuckles

What if my microbes die or get sick? Sounds like another stealership fixme

>he doesn't carry spare starter cultures in his pocket petri dishes
user bls

Basically Desmodronic.

The little man with the drill under the hood

why don't we just use midgets to turn the cam shaft?

>implying children don't make better peripheral drives due to lower density

back in my day we made our own microbes from spit and what we could find in the footwell. damn kids these days know nothing.

How long does it take one of those things to reach 60rpm?
Throttle response must be a bitch.

perfect idea honestly

this is something that ford would do.

When will we transition to turbine engines???

first memes first, some people still fall for electric cars.

Will be interesting to see what happens when pneumatic valve trains become standard