http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bch5B23_pu0&feature=youtu.

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A very interesting video, I enjoyed watching it. No bla bla sales talk, just facts.
But I doubt that these oil pressure actuated valves will be useful for us.
I have seen similar valve actuation in a Lotus prototype engine and there I noticed
the same points of attention that Christian von Koenigsegg mentions in the video.

First, the 2 ms delay in opening the valve. For an engine revving at 10,000 rpm
that means a delay of 120 crank degrees... And no matter how fast the valve can be
accelerated, it has to start moving from standstill; its initial velocity is zero.
In my book that is a very slow rate of port opening, compared to a piston that is
already at its maximum velocity when it starts opening an exhaust port.

Then there is the available port area. You can cram 2, 3, 4 or even more valves in
a cylinder head, but the more valves you fit, the more they are in each other's
way, especially when they all open at the same time.
If you leave valve acceleration forces aside for a moment and just concentrate on
maximum flow area, one central exhaust valve in the head is optimal (its diameter
should be cylinder bore / SQR(2) ). But even this optimal area, combined with the
slow rate of opening, cannot match the angle.area of piston-controlled exhaust
ports.

Then there is the rev limit. In the video a maximum of 20.000 rpm is mentioned, no
doubt for the tiny valves of a high-revving four-valve four-stroke motorcycle
engine. That means each of these small valves can open and close up to 10.000 times
per minute.
But we are not dealing with four-strokes (at least, I am not). In a two-stroke each
valve has to open during each revolution. That means a maximum rpm of only 10.000
with these small valves. And if we go for the maximum flow area with a large
central valve, that 10.000 rpm maximum will shrink to 8.000 (more mass and more
lift).

Next: cooling. In a four-stroke the exhaust valves sit on their seats three-
quarters of the time, dissipating heat. No such luxury in a two-stroke....

Summary: not enough angle.area, not enough revs and not enough cooling. If you
really want to use valves, poppet valves won't do; look at rotating valves.
Or look a bit further and use piston ports .