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DAOHC is Direct acting Over-head Cam
The cam directly manipulates the vales rather than having a Rocker arms act a median between the cam(s) and the the valve(s).
>For example ohc v8s are a big nono. Look at the poor bmw fellas scared shitless when ever they hear a rattle fearing it might be the timing chain guides.
What is the 1/2/3UZ and the Coyote 5.0? There are plenty of OHC V8's that don't suck ass.
>Also you wouldnt want a ohv inline as you would need some extra block space to house the cam parallel to the engine plus inlines rev igher than any other non inline engine
See the picture. You can make an OHV inline engine that's compact.
>you wouldnt want to be stressing flimsy rods at 8k would you?
Dismissing the fact you're talking about material science, even with using extravagant materials, push rods can rev fairly high. It's all up to spring tension, and cam profile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZDAHMPmIAk
There's plenty of high-reving pushrod engines.
>This thread should be more about the new designs and break thru in controling intake/exhaust cycles on a 3+ cycle engine
Agreed.
>Electro driven cam anyone?
No. Pneumatic/electric valves are far superior. VVT and VVL Controlled dynamically across the whole powerband, in less space than a OHV type head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Bm7BWIWpk
>Or the all glorious rotary wankel engine and its flawed apex seals design?
That issue has been solved for some time. Check out this article.
http://www.rotaryeng.net/Mazda_R26B_US.pdf
>The rotor and side housings have cermet-coated internal surfaces . The apex seal, made of ceramics, is a 2-piece type designed for enhanced reliability and gas sealing.