If one thing truly leads to another, you can say the head and exhaust swap we performed on the Balls of Fury (Charlie and Chad Pirchio's '64 Sport Fury) in the August '13 issue (Two Bolt-ons Bring 81 ...

The concept of placing a small wheel at the end of a tappet to reduce friction has existed for decades, and in fact, roller camshaft setups have been available for the American V-8 engines we tinker ...

It's appropriate, we think, that a camshaft has lobes, since this relatively simple device is so often called the brains of an engine. And indeed, a camshaft does direct several engine functions in a ...