General Motors is using a variable force solenoid from BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems on a new family of V6 engines. The solenoid is designed to work in conjunction with a camshaft phaser as ...

Manufacturers like to use a lot of acronyms on their cars. Variable valve lift (VVL) and variable valve timing (VVT) are two of the most popular ones. These systems sound pretty similar, but what do ...

The first production car engine with variable valve timing (VVT) came from Alfa Romeo in 1980. It was installed in the fuel-injected Alfa Romeo Spider. Before this, a few experimental systems existed, ...

Somewhere there's a perfect balance between peak horsepower, low-speed response, reduced emissions, and something you can afford. Variable valve timing and lift have done their part in getting us all ...

Honda did not invent variable valve timing or variable valve lift. In fact, Cadillac had a driver-operated variable valve timing system in production in 1903, three years before Soichiro Honda was ...

In this study, a diagnosis method was successfully implemented to identify different sounds coming from individual mechanical parts within a group of engine moving parts controlled through a variable ...

Honda's golden age commenced when it introduced the B-Series, the first production engine with variable valve timing and electronic lift control, otherwise known as Honda's VTEC system. The Honda B-16 ...

Despite current efforts to revisit light-vehicle fuel economy standards enacted during the Obama administration, there have been no changes to the law, and there might not be for years, as the wheels ...

A sort of urban legend says that Japanese manufacturers have remained somewhat alien to diesel engines. It is true that they have often not been the benchmark in their development, but a few times ...

Hyundai claims it has created the world's first Continuously Variable Valve Duration (CVVD) engine technology, which it says increases engine performance by 4 percent and efficiency by 5 percent. The ...

Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other ...

The 6.2 liter V8 LT1 engine was produced by General Motors for use in performance vehicles and sports cars. It was part of GM’s Gen V Small Block engine family and was first introduced in the C7 ...