Camshafts are simple devices, but important ones. Modern engines can have one or more intake and exhaust valves, and it's the camshaft's job to open valves precisely as the engine runs, supplying the ...
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The camshaft does more than most drivers realize — and it's often the first thing to fail
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 ...
Critical for achieving max cam performance, preventing piston-to-valve contact, and as a doublecheck against assembly errors, accurately locating TDC and degreeing in a custom cam should be a routine ...
It's been all the talk on internet forums, club meeting hangouts, and in enthusiast garages across the nation—the loss of zinc and other protective "barrier" chemicals in modern oil damaging ...
Once upon a time, picking a cam for a given engine combo was all about compromise: improve top-end power at the expense of low-end torque, run well at wide-open throttle but sacrifice idle stability ...
Decades ago (OK, half a century or more), there was a product advertised in many of the performance magazines called the Varicam. The idea was a set of springs attached to a centrifugal device that ...
A cam phaser is a sprocket which adjusts the position of an engine’s camshaft in relation to its crankshaft and is tuned with a computer-controlled servo. Camshafts control the timing of engine intake ...
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