Re: Laser Ignition / cam profiles

["Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>]

Actually the valves in current F1 engines are not pneumatically operated.
Nitrogen pressurised pistons replace valve springs in an otherwise
conventional overhead cam layout..
Jim in Palmdale

> Yeah, timing is everything, that's why cam lobes/camshafts are on a path
> towards eventual extinction and that has already happened in Formula 1
> engines with their pneumatically operated valves.