No, it's entirely different.

I changes the valve timing and substantiall increases the
compression ratio.

Joseph Wind wrote:
> Is that the engine that runs on only 2 cylinders when the RPMs are constant,
> like in highway speeds? I read that a while back, seemed interesting,
> actually it was printed in a Japanese auto magazine that a friend translated
> to me. Sort of the 4-6-8 engine developed by GM in the 70s, or was that the
> 8-6-4? But I digressed.
>
> I think the ECU shuts off the injector to the unused cylinders, also the
> valves are frozen using the same technology of V-Tech, but in reverse.
> Supposed the engine gets about 25km/l which equates to about 60mpg.
>
>
> "Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:10ub4megeu6a9ad@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Honda has a new engine that uses the
>>Atcheson & Topeka cycle (or something like that).
>>
>>How is the fuel mixed with the air?
>>What happens when the air/fuel is being forced out
>>of the cylinder before the intake valve closes?
>>
>>That is what happens, isn't it?
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