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Old 07-10-2014, 03:47 PM   #803
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This shows normal overhead cams being used.

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When I reseached pneumatic valvetrains, I did see that some still used the cams to open the valves but used pneumatics to close the valves, basically "air springs".

I saw others that used solenoids and no cams.
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