Sometimes we all need a little change in our lives. The same could be said for that camshaft that pumps the valves open and closed in your street engine. What was once state of the art is now obsolete ...

If we were to ask for a show of hands, it’s a safe bet to assume many enthusiasts would reluctantly admit that camshaft theory is one of those topics that causes more than a little consternation. You ...

The engine you spent a month carefully assembling has just fired and is running great while you carefully monitor oil pressure and break in the flat-tappet camshaft. The feeling of euphoria that ...

When the function of a camshaft(s) is explained to non-mechanically-inclined types, it's sometimes referred to as the "brain" of an engine. Most engines will live their entire lives with the stock cam ...

While doing your own engine work often requires some specialized tools and hard work, you don't necessarily have to rely on ...

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 and ...

When rebuilding an engine, there are multitudes of parts to remove, clean, inspect, and potentially replace. A surprising number can often be reused, including the brain of the engine: the camshaft.

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 how to ...

"Making metal" signifies finding metallic flakes in engine oil, indicating internal wear; ferrous (magnetic) metal is particularly serious, often pointing to costly failures of rotating parts like ...

If there's one way of getting automobiles to use less gas, it's by lowering their weight – and the engine is a particularly heavy part of the car. With that in mind, European researchers have now ...