Your car's camshaft — or camshafts if your vehicle has a DOHC engine — is a vital component that plays a critical role in the internal combustion process. Its job is to synchronize the opening ...

Those letters are standing for two modifiers and one (plural) noun, so let's start with the noun that's getting modified: camshafts. An engine's camshaft looks like this: The job of a camshaft is ...

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 ...

The current formula limits engine RPM to 15,000 rpm (section 5.1.3 of the 2016 technical regs). The engines might be capable of 20,000 rpm, but they’ll never hit that in a race because of rules.

To adjust valve lash, be it with a hydraulic or mechanical cam, ... This can be done on a cold engine with solid or hydraulic lifters. Douglas Glad Writer Feb 01, 2007. See 1 Photo.

The Check Engine Light will come on once the camshaft position sensor starts to go bad. Since this light can come on for many different reasons, it is best to have the vehicle thoroughly inspected ...

Like most things we're not familiar with, many look at degreeing a camshaft as some sort of black magic voodoo that only the most expensive of engine builders in brightly lit "clean rooms" know ...

To settle the question of how much potential was locked away in the engine, we decided a test including a modern, more aggressive .904-inch-tappet specific camshaft would be worth looking at.

“Do not idle the engine for any extended period at this time. This is critical to break in the camshaft.” Roller cam engines do not require this procedure. Wikipedia. A camshaft.

If your camshaft position sensor is failing, you'll most likely experience poor engine performance. This symptom can be a bit trickier to nail down, though, due to the various different problems ...