MIVEC
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Mitsubishi Innovative Valve-timing-and-lift Engine Control (MIVEC) is an automobile variable valve timing technology developed by Mitsubishi. MIVEC varies the lift of valves by using two different camshaft profiles. It is similar to Honda's VTEC system, but differs from it in the fact that the MIVEC system activates at a lower RPM and has a more conservative cam grind, allowing the transition to appear more subtle at the cost of higher RPM performance. However, the MIVEC system in the Lancer Evolution controls only valve timing, not lift.
MIVEC technology has been incorporated into the "World Engine", an engine co-developed by Mitsubishi, DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai.
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