Without a doubt, solid cams carry a certain mystique. In the musclecar days, solids were factory-fitted in some of the hottest iron out of Motown, including the early street Hemi. There was a little ...

The "battle of the camshaft lifters" has been going on for years. Each design has its proponents. Those in favor of hydraulic cams cite reduced maintenance and claim that equivalently ground ...

Sorry, solid lifters, you make a wonderful typewriter clack and allow for intoxicatingly high rpms, but you can't be surprised that manufacturers slowly moved to ...

Once upon a time, most car engines used solid or mechanical lifters. But unlike most fairy tales that begin that way, there was no lasting happy ending for them. Hydraulic lifters first appeared in ...

Selecting the right cam for your performance street/strip or even full-race Chevy engine is difficult, especially if you don’t speak the lingo. Even before taking a look at things like cam lift, ...

When selecting the perfect cam to match your performance needs, prospective buyers face the daunting task of choosing from 260-, 270- and 300-degree duration camshafts. What does it all mean and is ...