Engine performance is like a complicated formula in which each individual part plays a role in the final answer. Some parts of the formula affect the final outcome more than others. The valvetrain ...
Overhead cams are a more efficient method of actuating the valves than with a pushrod, but someone in Detroit never got the memo. And thank goodness they didn't. With production pushrod mills turning ...
The rocker arm employs the use of a fulcrum or pivot to increase the cam lift by a given ratio. That increase in lift is the result of moving the pushrod pivot point closer to the fulcrum. That ...