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On the new 1000ccRR..........both the intake cam and the exhaust cam are variable and operated from one end of their respective shafts. In between these, and slightly lower is another cam of sorts that serves as a knuckle carrier for the finger openers that will trip the valves. IT ALSO is a variable degree shaft, featuring a quarter circle small thread gear, controlled by a top mounted, mid-shaft, small electric motor, worm drive shaft attached to the quarter circle gear. This second carrier shaft, when twisted, changes the stop and start points of the overall valve timing parameter. The two primary cams act independently to change their timing in relationship to each other. In this way BMW divides the cam job into two task. One enables the changing of each cam timing in relation to the other one........exhaust to intake. While the other task is handled by the carrier shaft, which enables the changing of primary cam timing as engine needs change. Is this at least half way right? Curious minds need to know. 14,000 RPMs with GOK's how much RWHP! Something must be way up in the rooster wrench camps.
Last edited by Dr. Curve; 02-15-2009 at 03:29 PM..
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