TEST YOUR CAMSHAFT KNOWLEDGE.
QUESTION (1) What is the main purpose of a cam shaft?
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QUESTION (2) What is the cam journal?
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QUESTION (3) What is a cam lobe?
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QUESTION (4) What is the base circle?
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QUESTION (5) Where are the opening and closing ramps and what are they designed to do?
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QUESTION (6) How is the valve lift governed by the camshaft?
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QUESTION (7) What is meant by valve overlap and when does it occur?
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QUESTION (8) What effect does increased valve overlap have on cranking compression pressure?
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QUESTION (9) What does an engine have a "lumpy" idle with a race cam?
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QUESTION (10) What is the finishing process called that is applied on
newly re-ground cam lobes (cast or non-hardened camshafts) and for what purpose?
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