Electronic variable vane control
Electronic variable vane control
Yes, it would be really cool to set up electronic air and fuel management... but... with a mechanical pump, whats the point? I mean, other than being a cool technical challenge, and having a little more control over what happens and when, whats the gain? It certainly won't be very much more HP, or better burn characteristics because the real limitations in these respects are the injectors and the pump elements..
As far as the common rail is concerned, its a little more than just setting up the software... you have to have all the mechanical parts too and Forced is right, that would be extremely costly.
So maybe I'm missing something big, but seriously, what could possibly benefit from this setup?
EDIT: To clarify, precise control over throttle position is something you can more or less do with your foot. To me that doesn't seem very special. The benefit of electronically controlled diesel injection seems to be controlling number of injections per cycle, individual injection durations, delay timing between injections, injection volumes, pressures, etc etc etc as well as combustion environment (air), all tied together with inputs from the electronic sensory nervous system... None of these benefits can really happen without lots of expensive metal stuff. Or can they happen with cheaper metal stuff?