Variable Cam Stuff

[Adrian Teo]

On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Sandy wrote:

> Saw the idea in the 60's hot rod mags where some gizmo was attached to the
> timing gear of the cam and it did some magical adjustmet by letting the
> assembly slip and slide to alter the cam timing. Never saw one in action or
> knew if they really worked, the idea was good.

That's how Porsche implements the VarioCam mechanism. Slack in the timing
chains are altered with moving tensioner guides such that the timing of
the camshafts change relative to the main crankshaft.

-AT

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