Re: [alfa] re: 147 knock-off (Mazda 3)

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Joe Elliott wrote:

> >> Honestly, besides Honda's variable valve timing of 1989 (first to
> >> include variable lift), has the Japanese auto industry ever done
> >> anything original?
> >
> > I thought VVT was in Alfas earlier than that. Or is Alfa's VVT different,
> > just variable timing on a set lift and not variable lift?
>
> Yes, the VVT used by Alfa, Porsche, etc. in the '80s just advanced/retarded
> a pretty normal intake cam.  The neat thing about the Honda system was that
> it could switch between two totally different cam lobes to vary lift.

That is neat.
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