This engine, first introduced on the NX crossover vehicle, features a number of innovative technologies including Variable Valve Timing - intelligent Wide (VVT - iW) that allows the engine to switch between Otto and Atkinson cycles by varying the intake -
valve opening angles, and the D - 4ST direct injection system.
It offers expanded
valve opening angles (Wide) which enables the engine to operate in a modified - Atkinson cycle at low rpm for improved economy and lower emissions, and in the Otto cycle at high rpm for better performance, while delivering high torque throughout the rpm band.
Not exact matches
Timing refers to an
angle measurement of when a
valve is
opened or closed with respect to the piston position (BTDC or ATDC).
The lotted line x associated with the diagram 25 is Rlustrative of intermediate air pressures for which the exhaust
valve should remain
open hrough crank
angles determined by the lines Sand z.
The electric motor is then used to
open the throttle
valve to the desired
angle via a closed - loop control algorithm within the ECM.
The camshaft
angles are adjustable by anything up to 40 degrees to ensure that the
valves are able to
open and close at the most favorable time in any driving situation.
The Australian factory service manual provides camshaft measurements which do not match any of the known USDM or EDM camshaft profiles, the FSM states the exhaust
valve has an
open duration of 252 degrees, but the specified
opening and closing
angles add up to 258 degrees.
Without changing the engine's internal structure or components, engine performance is improved through careful refinement of Accelerator Pedal
Opening (APO) and Throttle
Valve Opening (TVO)
angles.
Without changing the engine's internal structure or components, engine performance was improved through careful refinement of Accelerator Pedal
Opening (APO) and Throttle
Valve Opening (TVO)
angles.