Using
variable cam profiles and timing it's able to deactivate four cylinders in low rev, low load conditions to deliver what's claimed to be a 30 per cent fuel saving.
Not exact matches
Most cars nowadays have some sort of
variable cam that allows different
profiles for low and high RPM.
Extensive redesign of that 1.8 - liter engine (
variable intake, larger - diameter intake and exhaust ports, higher - compression pistons, new
cam profile, new cylinder head with knock control) raises the new Miata's horsepower figure to 140.
This design allows for
variable valve timing as well, since the
cam lobe
profiles can be made different.
Even the base four - cylinder will have a twin -
cam profile setup,
variable valve timing and direct injection.
The engine employs an all - new rocker arm that switches between low - and high - lift intake
cam profiles to achieve the
variable - lift function.