How to Build High-performance Chevy Small-block Cams and Valvetrains - Softcover

Hansen, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932494081 ISBN 13: 9781932494082

Publisher: CarTech Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Graham Hansen, author of the best-selling SA Design title How To Build Big-Inch Chevy Small Blocks, takes the mystery out of camshaft and valvetrain function, selection, and design. He covers camshaft basics, including a thorough explanation of how a cam operates in conjunction with the rest of the engine and valvetrain. He discusses technical terms like overlap, lobe centerline, duration, lift, and cam profiling. Comparisons between roller and flat-tappet cams are addressed and analyzed. This book covers rocker arms, lifters, valves, valvesprings, retainers, guideplates, pushrods, and cam drives, as well as detailed information on how to degree a cam and choose the proper cam for your application. Finally, matching cams to cylinder heads, analyzing port flow, and proving it all through dyno tests round out this informative volume.

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Synopsis

Explains and details the most confusing elements of high-performance engine building. This book covers the technology on this subject.

Edition details

• Publisher: CarTech Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932494081
• ISBN 13: 9781932494082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112