Certainly, you are well aware that a camshaft imparts motion to a valve, and of the terms describing this phenomenon, such as lift, duration, displacement angle, and lobe centerlines. We'll get to ...
Performance may always lay heavy odds on power, but you also need the brains to go with it. The four-stroke internal combustion engine has been around for over a century, but we're still learning ...
Consider the camshaft. On the one hand, it's a simple thing, a stick with bumps on it. It sits above the crankshaft, linked to it by a timing chain, and spins at half the crankshaft's speed. The ...
The camshaft orchestrates every intake and exhaust event in the engine, and a single worn lobe can kill power to an entire cylinder. Oil starvation during cold starts is responsible for a ...
Regular readers know we often run several Xtreme Energy hydraulic-roller camshafts from Comp Cams on our 347 dyno mule. Besides running well, those cams are good choices for a test engine because many ...
The camshaft is essential to an engine's operation and efficiency in the intricate world of automobile engineering. Engine enthusiasts and professionals often ask, "What is a camshaft ?". This ...