When it comes to building engines, those equipped with hydraulic roller lifters offer major advantages to budget-conscious car crafters. Starting in 1987 with passenger-car small-blocks, including the ...

The Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engine entered its fifth generation in 2019. In addition to improved output of up to 400 horsepower and 1,000 pound-feet of torque, the new engine's valve train featured ...

Cars are intricate machines that rely on a series of chemical and mechanical processes to work properly. When things go wrong with one of those processes, your car can start to make some strange ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Decades ago, when cars and truck engines used solid lifters, a cacophonous drivetrain was to be expected. However, solid lifters were phased ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Hydraulic systems are widely used in Industrial Equipment, construction machinery, and agricultural applications for their efficiency and power transmission capabilities. However, ...

Riding on last month's How It Works topic (cams) is this month's topic—lifters. These cylindrically shaped components contact the lobes of the cam to convert the eccentric shape of the lobe into ...

A new approach to squelching noise in hydraulic systems applies compliant linings to noise-control devices for fluid-power systems. A research team from Georgia Tech, with funding from the Engineering ...

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 ...

A ticking noise from your car can be caused by a number of things. If it occurs when the engine is running but the car is not moving, it’s probably coming from the engine or something associated with ...

We begin our discussion with the most common cam type offered: the hydraulic flat tappet. Used in literally millions of production Chevy big- and small-blocks, to say nothing of the many V-6 ...