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Originally posted by svandamme
i'm thinking that it won't be long before they'll have custom chips designed specifically to "learn" engine characteristics and driver habits... so the tune can adapt on the fly to whoever bought the car...
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My Ford Taurus does this as do most all current cars.
Oh and I am a physicist, not that I study engines, but as a side note it will be interesting if computer chips will be able to keep up with Moore's law. It is dificult to build gates that are less than one atom wide, which is where we will be in less than 5 years unless we have a radical switch in process. One can only build a chip so large, and its components so small...
I am really excited about the electronic valves though. I think that it is a great idea. This could take v-tec up several levels. Also, this could cause the bottom end to be the limiting factor for redline.