The job of a camshaft is to open and close the valves at the proper time to fill the cylinders before combustion and vacate them afterward. That sounds simple, but how this job is accomplished greatly ...

Even the most seasoned engine builders usually feel uncomfortable when conversation drifts to the intricacies of camshaft design. Surprisingly, the common termsduration,lobe separation angle, and ...

It's appropriate, we think, that a camshaft has lobes, since this relatively simple device is so often called the brains of an engine. And indeed, a camshaft does direct several engine functions in a ...

Airflow in and out is what building horsepower is all about. Every month we attempt to deliver a killer airflow engine combination and uncover the mystery of a particular performance part. This month ...