Sentences with phrase «cam engine for»

Taking cues from the Nissan Prince R380 racing prototype, it relied on a four - valve Dual Overhead Cam engine for power and four - wheel independent suspension for its remarkable handling.

Not exact matches

I love BB creams and have been cam lobe profile catalog an expanded listing of all crane cams lobe profiles for professional racing engine builders

You can look at the dyno graphs for a naturally aspirated and turbocharged engine (on the same bore, stroke, cam) and they will peak and drop around the same area.

This example is a rare Carrera GS / GT, built specifically for competition and featuring a highly tuned four - cylinder, four - cam race engine.

Limited, handbuilt production began in 1968 and engine choices would include a series of gas and diesel four - cylinders, some with dual overhead cams and fuel injection — heady stuff for the time.

Recalls are being issued for a number of vehicles including the new Toyota Prius V, 2012 Toyota Tacoma, and Cam - Am Spyder as well as various BMWs and Rolls - Royce models using V - 8 and V - 12 engines.

If this mixture is left in the engine for any amount of time, it can for acids with the oil and cause corrosion on the bearings and any other metal parts (cylinder walls, lifters, cam journals, etc).

Much of the improvements have come from advancements in computer controlling for things like oil pressure, engine temperature, and piston cooling, as well as mechanical changes including offset crankshafts and roller bearings on cam and balancer shafts.

On overhead cam engines the camshafts require oil for lubricating the journal bearings that they spin on.

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As far as the cam follower on the BPY goes, when it failed in my Passat there was no check engine light, fuel cutout, just a new noise from the car for on the way to work... When I got home I pulled the HPFP off for a look and sure enough the follower was almost completely disintegrated..

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«The bearing is a «sealed for life» item but engine oil forced in by the cam chains can wash the grease out,» says James.

I was surprised to learn the smaller engine has but one overhead cam, twin cams being an Alfa Romeo hallmark for longer than any of us have been alive.

To prepare the M838T engine for the extra load, it received new pistons, cylinder heads, cam profiles, and exhaust valves.

Impressive figures for a 1.8 - litre engine, and although they still arrive at high revs, what the on - paper stats don't say is that, thanks to a remap, the cam - change point drops to 4000rpm or so, compared with 6000rpm for the standard engine.

If the engine is going fast enough, this time is longer than the time it takes for the cam lobe to rotate from «fully open'to «fully closed», so the valve doesn't follow the cam - a gap appears momentarily.

This might not seem like a particularly impressive amount of power, but the engine's 146 lb - ft of torque seems sufficient for this 2,948 - pound car thanks to variable valve timing on both cams for a broader powerband and fairly quick ratios swaps by the transmission.

There's a bit of axle tramp as the tyres skip with just enough wheelspin, but then, as they bite, the engine falls off cam for a split second before hauling hard once more.

An all - new 2.0 - liter four - cylinder uses dual variable cam phasing and direct injection to produce 20 more horses than last year's engine, for a total of 160, only ten less than the Volkswagen Jetta's optional 2.5 - liter five - cylinder.

All that other stuff — ride, handling, engine response — that's all very fiddly, but you've got CAD / CAM units and data and target parameters to aim for before completing with some seat - of - the - pants tuning.

For your oil leak you need to take it to a garage that specializes in Audis it's very easy to destroy the engine if you don't know what you're doing e.g. the intake cam caps are part of the valve cover.

Could be stretched timing chains or a problem with the vvt gear, stretched chains will give an incorrect reading between the cam sensor and the crank sensor (essentially engine is out of time) and will usually fail to start once stretched to far, if the correlation between cps and crank sensor if different for I think 5 seconds car will not start

The 6.0 - litre quad - cam V12 is a delight, and in a sea of turbocharged engines that sacrifice character for headline power and torque figures delivered at frankly unbelievable low engine speeds, it serves to remind us just how exciting and engaging normally aspirated engines are.

SOHC V6 and V8 engines, which are designed with cylinders in two banks, have a total of two cams, one for each cylinder head.

All engines using the overhead cam design offer the potential for greater power output and higher engine speeds (rpm) when compared with overhead valve designs.

Originally designed to accept an all - new V8 engine, this was not ready in time for the car's launch, so it was initially fitted with the legendary four litre twin - cam DB6 engine producing 282bhp at 5,500 rpm through triple SU carburettors.

In basic form, the single cam lobe and follower / rocker arm of a conventional engine is replaced with a locking multi-part rocker arm and two cam profiles: one optimized for low - RPM stability and fuel efficiency, and the other designed to maximize high - RPM power output.

This is because VTEC requires a third center rocker arm and cam lobe (for each intake and exhaust side), and, in the SOHC engine, the spark plugs are situated between the two exhaust rocker arms, leaving no room for the VTEC rocker arm.

The standard engine for the new Jetta GLX is a 12 - valve, double - overhead cam, water - cooled 2.8 - liter V - 6 (which VW calls the VR6) rated at 172 horsepower.

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The OHC design allows for higher engine speeds than comparable cam - in - block designs, as a result of having lower valvetrain mass.

If you see the i - VTEC light on in the dash, it means that the system has changed engine cams to accommodate for high RPMs (revolution per minute) in the engine.

Listen for a noisy engine indicating cam lifter wear but, again, it's rare.

The Sidekick was initially offered with a 1.3 L carbureted engine for a short time, followed by a 1.6 L fuel - injected overhead - cam eight - valve I - 4 engine producing about 80 hp.

With the Mercury Tracer LTS, Ford has taken away every reason you might have for not liking small cars.You get room, styling, luxury and performance - all at a bargain price.What makes the LTS different from its Escort and Tracer siblings is that it combines the rev - happy Mazda - built 127 - horsepower, double overhead cam, 16 - valve, four - cylinder engine with the high - performance suspension from the Escort GT and the new Escort / Tracer four - door - sedan body.The result is a baby BMW - a well - equipped sports sedan that goes like the wind and sticks to the road with utter tenacity.

TI - VCT varies the phase of the intake and exhaust cams independently for improved airflow through the engine, which delivers more torque while reducing average fuel consumption by up to 5 percent.

The 1.2 - litre Revotron petrol engine is a lightweight, all - aluminium, four - valve, DOHC setup with variable cam timing for the intake valves.

Here's the new Ford Expedition, a full - size sport - utility vehicle that is headed for showrooms this fall.Ford plans to offer the nine - passenger Expedition with a standard 215 - horsepower overhead cam V - 8 engine; an optional 5.4 - liter V - 8 powerplant is rated at 230 horsepower.The Expedition will be pitted against the full - size Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Chevrolet / GMC Suburban, which for years has had no competition.Ford says the Expedition will offer best - in - class highway fuel economy and towing capacity.

For maximum power, the solenoid valve is always closed and full valve opening is achieved following completely the mechanical cam, which was specifically designed to maximize power at high engine speed (long opening time).

The standard engine for the SE and GT models is a 2.4 - liter, in - line, twin - cam, 16 - valve four - cylinder with 150 horsepower.

TI - VCT varies the phase of the intake and exhaust cams independently for improved airflow through the engine, which delivers more torque while reducing average fuel consumption by up to 5 %.

At high engine speeds, camshafts can flex torsionally in addition to the crankshaft, contributing to valve timing for the cylinders furthest from the cam drive becoming inaccurate and erratic, losing power, and in extreme cases resulting in mechanical interference between valve and piston — with catastrophic results.

The LT - 1, an engine built from the ground up using premium parts and components, was a much better performer overall than the previous 302 cu in (4.9 L) V8s used in 1967 - 69 Z - 28s; greater torque and less - radical cam, coupled with the 780 cfm Holley four - barrel, [1] permitted the Z - 28 to be available with the 3 - speed [1] Turbo Hydramatic 400 automatic transmission as an option to the four - speed manual for the first time.

Propulsion for the front - wheel drive Golf is supplied by a 100 - horsepower, 1.8 - liter, 4 - cylinder, single overhead cam in - line, fuel - injected engine.

The engine also incorporates intake variable cam timing (iVCT) to optimize valve timing for a smooth idle, optimal part - load driving and a broad torque curve with good power.

The base engine for the Cutlass will be the 150 - horsepower, 2.4 - liter double - overhead - cam four - cylinder engine that is a direct descendant of Oldsmobile's original Quad Four.

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The 480737 code cam (identical grind to the RAIV «041» cam) was originally specified for the SD455 engine and was fitted into the «pre-production» test cars (source: former Pontiac special projects engineer McCully), one of which was tested by both Hot Rod and Car and Driver magazines.