A metal shaft with two or more cams (oval “lobes”) that rotates to operate inlet and/or exhaust valves in a four-stroke engine.


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  1. OHC: Overhead Camshaft : Motorcycle-Glossary.com on May 17, 2007 12:15 pm

    [...] camshaft in an internal-combustion engine that is mounted within the cylinder heads, above the combustion [...]

  2. DOHC: Double Overhead Cam : Motorcycle-Glossary.com on May 10, 2007 7:53 pm

    [...] for engines that utilize one camshaft to open the engine intake valves and another to open the exhaust valves. This optimizes valve [...]

  3. Desmodromic : Motorcycle-Glossary.com on May 10, 2007 7:45 pm

    [...] gear operation in which the camshaft actively closes as well as opens the [...]

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