Since the beginning of hot rodding, gearheads have endeavored to increase the performance of internal combustion engines through the optimization of valve timing. It's been proven time after time that ...

Decades ago (OK, half a century or more), there was a product advertised in many of the performance magazines called the Varicam. The idea was a set of springs attached to a centrifugal device that ...

The oil pan's role on a Toyota VVTi or any other engine is to collect the lubricating oil falling from its components to be absorbed back by the oil pump and recirculated. Due to its position at the ...

Normally, you don’t have to maintenance the camshafts or valves in a Toyota VVTi engine's lifetime, as they are built to last for a long period. However, if something goes wrong and you need to do it, ...

Harley-Davidson has filed a patent application for a variable valve timing (VVT) V-twin engine, possibly for the Sportster to improve economy and reduce emissions. The iconic American manufacturer has ...

Hello Paul, I drive a Toyota Wish with a VVTi engine. It has been running well until recently when it started reducing engine power or hesitating. A computer diagnosis reported it. Can the VVTi ...

Suzuki’s R&D department have filed a flurry of patent applications showing a variable valve timing system specifically aimed at the Hayabusa hyper bike – suggesting that even as the Busa hits its 25th ...

NEW YORK, June 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) continues to expand its industry-leading Variable Valve Timing (VVT) program. The program already offers more than 600 part ...

Hello Francis, to resolve the VVTi problem, you may need to clean the oil sludge or deposit in the VVTi solenoid or replace it with a new one in case that one cannot be repaired. The VVT ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 112, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (2003), pp. 124-134 (11 pages) An experimentally derived map of the engine volumetric efficiency is usually employed to control the A/F ratio ...