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The problem I see is failure of displacement-on-demand. How exactly do you cut off half or a quarter of an engine and leave the rest running? You need clutch plates on the crankshaft. I see those wearing down quickly inside of an engine. To balance the engine properly, you'll need to get the sections running at exactly the same speed, then join them when they're at the right point in the rotation. Trying to think of how a 3-camshaft, 3-crankshaft system would work gives me a headache. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but I think a failure or glitch in this system would be a mechanical nightmare.
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