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Camshafts Explained - The Engines Personality



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These are the roller tappets used in 5.0L and 5.8L small-block V-8s.Instead of the bar shown earlier, these guys use a master spider and dogbones to keep the tappets square in the bores.		http://images.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/127_0306_cam_14_s.jpg
Camshaft manufacturers ship camshafts with cam cards or sheets with allof the specifications. These specifications tell us everything aboutthis camshaft's personality. Speed-Pro, for example, shows us with agraphic where valve-timing events are.		http://images.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/127_0306_cam_15_s.jpg
FE-series big-blocks and 144/170/200/250ci inline-sixes haveshaft-mounted rocker arms like these. This is a 200ci six.
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Small-block Fords, 335-series middle-blocks, and 385-series big-blockshave stud/fulcrum-style rocker arms. Some have a stud and ball fulcrumlike this one. Some use a bolt and a fulcrum; the basics are the same.These rocker arms pivot at a single point.
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