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 ...

Any gearhead worth his or her salt knows that whether it's a SOHC, DOHC, or OHV engine, the camshaft is considered the brain of a four-cycle internal combustion power plant. The camshaft's profile ...

Changing the rocker arms in your C5 or C6 Corvette may not deliver the dramatic results that a cam swap can, but it's a lot less work. And the power increases you'll experience make the change a good ...

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 ...

Pushrods convert the vertical motion of the lifter from the camshaft lobe into valve movement. A V8 engine takes advantage of that by centrally locating a single camshaft in the middle of the engine ...

The rocker arms transfer a displacement from the camshaft to the valves. The camshaft has lobes that contact push rods and move them up and down in a periodic manner. The other end of the push rods ...