Porsche working on variable-compression engine

While the fashion in high-tech automotive developments might lean towards hybrids and electric vehicles at the moment, there’s still plenty of scope to improve the good old internal combustion engine and one of the holy grails of such development is the creation of a viable variable-compression-ratio system. Now Porsche is working on just such an engine, revealed in the form of a newly-published patent, which will be able to alter its compression ratio. .. Continue Reading Porsche working on variable-compression engine

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Tags: Compression, Engine, Engineering, Hilite International, Porsche, Valve

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