AW: AW: Intake manifold construction, intercoolers

[Bernd Felsche]

Dave Williams tapped away at the keyboard with:

> -> Have you seen BMWs Valvetronic technology?

> -> The system varies intake valve lift to control the airflow into the

>  Yeah.  Just like the French Bollee cars about a hundred years ago.
> Which borrowed the concept from steam engines.

The BMW engineers responsible for bringing the system into volume
production won the Porsche Prize this year; for innovation, IIRC.
First BMW engines to use them were the 1.6 litre built at Hams Hall
in the UK.

> - Dave "old fangle" Williams

Ever wonder how few new inventions there actually are?

-- 
Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia
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