The world of the camshaft, with degrees of lift, overlap, profile and varying drive types can be, to say the least, bewildering. Take, for example, the typical camshaft manufacturers’ catalogue — it covers pretty much everything you could want to know about camshafts, cam timing and the valvetrain, all of which are inexplicably linked to the camshaft, to enable you to extract the best performance from for your engine for your needs.
