I have the hugest engineering boner right now...

[CorvallisBMW]

Koenigsegg cam-less engine technology:


And the new One:1 hypercar. 1360hp, 1360kg wet weight. How fucking ball-out crazy is this thing? The exhaust tip is the single largest piece of 3D printed titanium ever made. Now I have to go change my pants. Again...

http://jalopnik.com/the-koenigsegg-one-1-is-swedens-280-mph-carbon-fiber-h-1532088783

http://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-final-build-process-of-the-amazing-koenigse-1538920396

...aaaannndd sploosh.

[matthugie]

...aaaannndd sploosh.

Yep.

That really is crazy. I look forward to seeing what comes from this.

[Farbin Kaiber]

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[LJ851]

Welcome to "Last Week on The Internet..."

Tee hee

[blunttech]

Cool stuff but i wanted boners

[Fusion]

I like how boss man isn't one of those board member guy in a suit types.
He's like the Steve Jobs of hypercars.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

I like how boss man isn't one of those board member guy in a suit types.
He's like the Steve Jobs of hypercars.

no man this guy dosen't seem like a massive douche, i like apple but jobs was a total jerk

[kickinindian]

no man this guy dosen't seem like a massive douche, i like apple but jobs was a total jerk

thank you!!

[evandael]

I remember reading about their camless tech a year or so ago, they tested it in a rather run-of-the-mill Saab and saw some pretty impressive gains (both in power and economy).

Say what you want about Jalopnik, here's a link: http://jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to...ine-1529865968

more: http://www.cargine.com/history/

[otto325e]

Ducati has something sort of similar in their bikes, called "desmodromic", still cammed but uses no springs, instead has a dedicated rocker arm and lobe for opening and closing each valve

[Wh33lhop]

Desmodronic valves are nothing like camless valves; in fact they make more use of a camshaft than normal. Iirc most if not all ducatis have em and that's why they sound a bit more "clicky" than most bikes.

[jalopi]

Desmodronic valve setups

Because who doesn't want to adjust their valves every 6k miles? ;)

From what I understand that system was designed before valve spring alloys actually got good and is now pretty outdated, kind of like Harley's radial engines.

[Fusion]

no man this guy dosen't seem like a massive douche, i like apple but jobs was a total jerk

I don't mean their personality, but their need to innovate.

Wiki:

One of his innovations was called the Chip Player. He believed that one day, computer memory chips would be able to store an entire CD’s worth of data and that it would probably be a cheaper way to buy and store music. He conducted some patent searches for a musical device that would play chips instead of discs. In the end, however, no one seemed interested in the idea, so, Christian moved on.[3]
In 1991 he invented a new solution for joining floor planks together without adhesive or nails. He called it Click, as the profile enabled the planks to simply click together. Christian presented this technology to his father-in-law, who ran a flooring factory at the time. He rejected the idea, saying that if it was viable someone would have come up with it a long time ago. Christian then showed the concept to a few other floor manufacturers who also dismissed it. In 1995 a Belgian and Swedish company patented virtually the same solution as Christian’s Click floor.[4]
Most of the patents that Koenigsegg hold today are Christian’s brainchild, such as the ‘Rocket’ Catalytic Converter and the Supercharger Response/Relief system. Another novel idea of Koenigsegg's is triplex suspension. Basically, it is a rear suspension system used in current Koenigsegg models that allows for maximum comfort, and straight-line speed. It uses a transversely-mounted shock-absorber that connects the two rear wheels, as well as independent suspension systems for each wheel.[5] Another innovation that the company is pursuing is free valve technology. This is a technology that uses electronics and air-pressure to actuate intake and exhaust valves with very high precision and unlimited control of timing, instead of the traditional camshaft technology for their cars, allowing for engines to be much more efficient by reducing weight and size of engines, while making each cylinder able to be controlled interdependently, allowing for more complete combustion. Although it is still in research in development phase, it is a very promising concept.[6]

http://www.logoclic.info/en

More on that amazing triplex susp.

[MPLFoster]

Fucking cool.

[Wh33lhop]

I was never that impressed by the triplex suspension. All it is it a common-mode damper, and you could get a similar result by just adding more low speed compression damping into the suspension, with the only difference being that the triplex doesn't add any differential (roll) damping. So it'll ride better over potholes maybe, but the same over things like expansion joints, or anything that hits both wheels at the same time.

It is definitely different, but it just seems like a lot of it is marketing to me.