Rocker arms made of different materials — like steel or aluminum — can offer separate drawbacks and advantages based directly on the differences between those materials. We'll get into the details ...

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 debate over the optimum rocker arm ratio has dragged on since the invention of the pushrod V-8. Even though Chevrolet made the decision easy for us when it engineered the small-block to run around ...

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 ...

When trying to decide between two camshafts for an engine that will spend a majority of its life operating at low-to-moderate rpm on the street, it's better to err on the side of caution. That means ...

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 ...