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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
OK - I'll add: a lighter motor! (maybe the Chevy joke is not so funny...)

The problem is how to do that - one bet would be to dump the cam chains & heavy tensioners in favor of the original idea - belt drive. Unfortunately, we'd lose some of that interesting mechanical sound...

good point. I've been wondering to myself lately what these motors would be like with gear-driven cams, as opposed to the chains & tensioners.
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