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Originally Posted by Xmitterengineer
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I can remember wondering why GM would retain OHV design with the LS1 engine, and I decided that maybe they were positioning themselves to transition to the next big valve train technology: camless engines.
It's taken a while, but Koensige (sp?) is claiming to be close to a production camless engine using electric valve operation. Theiir test engines are converted
from Volvo production engines, I think, and gained a claimed 40% torque over the stock engine. Didn't GM have a pretty big stake in Volvo at one time?
I'm not saying that this about to happen at GM, but if a tiny company can do this, certainly GM can't be far behind. And it improves emissions and fuel mileage as well according to claims.