Three-valve technology
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Some car manufacturers (mostly Mercedes-Benz in recent years) have dispensed with one of the exhaust valves in their large V6 or V8 DOHC engines in order to reduce the heat loss from the exhaust, thus helping the catalytic converter to reach its operating temperature sooner and improve the engines emissions.
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