How to Use camshaft in a Sentence

camshaft

noun
  • All camshafts, both for desmo and spring valves, are all produced inside the factory.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Connecting rods and pistons are forged, and both crankshaft and camshaft are made from billet steel.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Reducing the number of camshafts and cam drives also reduces friction.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Direct injection is done with a common rail design with a high-pressure fuel pump powered by the camshaft.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2012
  • To reduce the height of the engine, the cam cover now incorporates the upper camshaft bearing.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
  • According to the listing, both the camshaft and oil pan were resealed in March 2023.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
  • But the internal motor is updated with pistons, rods, crankshaft and camshaft.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The driver's-side exhaust manifold has been updated, too, and the camshaft timing on the exhaust side has been revised.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But it gets fitted with larger throttle bodies, ported cylinder heads, two-into-two exhaust, and race camshafts.
    — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This would include a new valve train with a camshaft at the bottom, a crankshaft and housing, and a proper lubrication system.
    — New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In addition, the camshaft and crankshaft pulleys, fuel injectors and coil packs prove that this was in fact a working power plant at one point.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
  • These include a high-capacity inner camshaft bearing and valve lifters, high-performance valve springs, and a high-volume oil pump.
    — New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Each cylinder head is fitted with a single overhead camshaft that operates 32 valves—four per cylinder, all of them exhaust valves.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Six individual cylinder heads are clamped between the cylinder barrels and camshaft housings.
    — Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There are dozens of sensors, measuring such things as throttle opening, engine rpm, air and coolant temperature, crankshaft and camshaft position, and road speed.
    — Michael Austin, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2018
  • Instead, each valve has an electric actuator that works a mini-camshaft, opening and closing each valve independently from the others.
    — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Still, it was modified for speed with larger throttle bodies, ported cylinder heads, two-into-two exhaust, race camshafts, and a higher compression ratio.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The infamous camshaft issues, huge inventory, declining sales, and a lack of design innovation have all contributed to the brand’s fate.
    — New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The turbo is bigger than the usual one found on an S60, and Polestar also fitted new conrods, camshafts, and a larger air intake and fuel pump to feed it.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The Porsche's problem will later be diagnosed as a nut that backed off the end of the right-bank camshaft, shearing a drive tooth, allowing the cam to stop turning altogether, and bending two valves.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
  • This choice replaces the conventional engine valve train—valves, seats, guides, seals, springs, rockers, camshaft, bearings, timing chain, and oil lubrication—with a simple set of holes in the cylinder wall.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Advancements in camshaft profiles and electronic timing can help to improve performance at the top of the rev range, but only to an extent limited by immutable thermodynamics.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • That’s not all there is to it – the company has also updated the intake ports, camshaft profiles, valve springs, and pistons, while additionally incorporating a stronger flywheel.
    — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Dodge is also touting its new fuel saving technology that incorporates cylinder deactivation and variable camshaft timing to save gas.
    — Imad Khan, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
  • It will only be produced in 500 units, with each bike featuring a plate signed by the technician who manually adjusted the Desmodromic camshaft timing.
    — New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The single-overhead-camshaft cylinder heads are three-valve, dual-plug designs that breathe well enough for adequate cruiser torque and power, making the midsize 750cc motor a good fit for its intended market.
    — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The overhead cam design, meaning the camshaft is inside the cylinder head instead of the engine block, provided numerous performance and efficiency improvements as well as much longer intervals between oil changes.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Finally, the engineers at Wolfsburg scrapped the idea and adopted a roller-chain drive between the two camshafts, similar to the design Porsche uses in the 928S engine.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Among the modifications performed by Koenig were upgraded camshafts, pistons, and exhaust, which added 110 brake horsepower to the output of the V-12.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025

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