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Ok so this is quite the noob question but since I don't know the answer I must ask. How do cams, camgears, and pulleys work? what do they do?? why upgrade them?

umm... i'll leave it at that since i know im gunna be flamed. if someone could kindly explain....basically how an engine works i'd really appreciate it haha

- man i know someones gunna flame me - so flame away! i just hope among those is a kind word lol

 
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Suck squish bang blow.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm

 
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good idea man. that would have been way to hard to explain through the forum. that is a cool site. there's a thing in there about turbos too.
I guess he didn't have auto class in high school...lol

 
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nah, no auto class in HS, i was the president of the school and in band lol

btw - jazz band if thats better haha

 
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ah, band guy huh. I played football. no band crap for me. no class office either cause they are total bull **** and didn't mean anything. all my class presidents sucked *** cause they were the prepy popular guys that were stupid as hell. and didn't do anything for my classs.

 
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BWAHAHA! Tell it like it is man!

on another note, it's pretty important to atleast know how an engine works before going into heavy duty modding.

 
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ah, a football guy, eh? i helped stupid a$$ people like you pass highschool. don't stereotype me b^tch. all the football players at my school sucked d*ck anyways, why would I want to play for such a sh^tty team? i'd rather be in a kick *** band than play for a crappy football team and get my *** kicked every week. who are you to say anything about "band?" you should go out and throw away all your cds and never listen to the radio because I can damn well guarentee that everybody you listen to was in band - you gotta start somewhere right?

I have a question - what do you do now with your high and mighty football skills? i really doubt you did ANYTHING with that.

and wow - all your class presidents sucked *** because they were preppy and popular? holy cow. not popular! and preppy to boot!? they must have sucked.

you're an idiot

tell me this - how is it that a class office doesn't mean **** - but football really, really helps you out in life!

Next time you think something up in that pea sized brain of yours try to run it by one of those class officers you hated so much so you don't make yourself sound like a moron. *** hat.

 
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Gesh I was going to flaming you asking noob questions..

But after the outburst for being a Band Geek, I might as well Flame you for That

And this one time in Band Camp

Ok so it wasn't orginal...

Anyway people by upgraded pulleys becuase they weigh a lot less, the pulley on the drive belt is essentially handling the whole power load of the engine, it works the same as buying Lightweight wheels, light wheels wheels are easier to turn, and the car can do more with the power it puts out, same with the pulley, becuase it's lightweight, it is easier to turn, and you don't lose as much power to the wheels.

now go take a chill pill

 
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cams come in different grinds, generally stock cams are perfect for stock engines, when you change your crank to a larger one you stroke the engine, they call those stroker motors, you can also bore the cylinders that means drill them out bigger, and also increase the engine size, either way that is when you would normally go with a hotter camshaft. I put a really hot camshaft in my 69 Bug when I had the 1915 CC engine built, it screams. the downfall it that I have to hit 3000 rpms from the light to even take off without stalling, so a hotter cam is only good if you are going to race all the time, not for everyday use.

 
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ahh i see! thanks - i just wanted a little bit of info so I could kinda get how it works. my bad for ranting up there. lol. if you're going to flame someone though, make sure you at least sound like you have a bit of intelligence. anyway thanks for the info guys