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Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

That's true, but it's only a new technology, and has only been developed for road car usage. I'd say once it can be miniaturised and made to run at high rpm it'll find it's way to F1.

There's better tech than valve springs now anyway. Desmo FTW.

If it was better (the Fiat system), they would have used it in F1.

But they can't use it (the Fiat system) under current regulations, because the valves must be moved with a camshaft IIRC.

Renault was experimenting with magnetic valve actuators when they had the 111o V10, but the magnets that could handle the stress were too heavy and too big, deteriorating the COG of the car.

As far as the desmo is concerned, it would be too complex and too heavy to make a Desmo V8. I once read that Ducati are experimenting with pneumatic valves in moto gp. is this true??