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Forum_mail Posted 20 years ago
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A sentence which crushed me...

Here it is:

...when additional engine facilities such as EGR (external and internal via negative valve overlap and low lift cams) ...

the underlined part... I don't get it... at all...

best wishes,
  

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Bad writing, that's all, IMO. This being said, low-lift cam is an established term, shown at Yahoo, as is negative valve overlap . But wouldn't be able to tell you what they mean.

— Marius Hancu

  • Bad writing, that's all, IMO.
  • This being said, low-lift cam is an established term, shown at Yahoo, as is negative valve overlap .
  • But wouldn't be able to tell you what they mean.
  • html and both internal and external EGR seem to exist.
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Bad writing, that's all, IMO.

This being said, low-lift cam is an established term, shown at Yahoo, as is
negative valve overlap.

But wouldn't be able to tell you what they mean.

Also, internal EGR is explained here:
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It basically says that the engine has both internal and external EGR, which are produced by using negative valve overlap and low-lift cams.

I'm not a mechanical engineer, thus can't explain it more to you.
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I don't even know what "low-lift cams" are...
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Forum_mailHere it is:

...when additional engine facilities such as EGR (external and internal via negative valve overlap and low lift cams) ...

the underlined part... I don't get it... at all...

best wishes,
Well, it is a technical term; you can't expect to understand every technical detail in the world, can you? It is to
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Forum_mailI don't even know what "low-lift cams" are...
Then you're totally lost. Enter a mechanical forum, they would explain it to you.
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