American race cars (formerly - OT: new car advice)

[Darrin Chandler]

Lyndon Tiu wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:05:10 -0700 mike at garfias.org wrote:
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>>Hmm.
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>>Did you know that overhead cams are an OLDER technology than pushrods?
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>Really? 
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>I wonder why most cars today use overhead cams?
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>Lyndon Tiu
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This happens a lot. Someone thinks of a nifty technology, but it doesn't 
work all that well for one reason or another. Decades later, advances in 
materials, manufacturing, or engineering make an old idea feasible. 
Continuously variable transmissions and other things are old ideas that 
are beginning to be dusted off and used again.

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Darrin Chandler
dwchandler at stilyagin.com
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