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1. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:57:17 EDT
<< I have and interesting puzzle for you: I have owned two cars which both had 2 cams yet would not be considered twincams. Both were 4 cylinder engines. One had no rocker shafts, the other had 4 (ye
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00165.html (7,707 bytes)

2. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:57:13 EDT
<< I have and interesting puzzle for you: I have owned two cars which both had 2 cams yet would not be considered twincams. Both were 4 cylinder engines. One had no rocker shafts, the other had 4 (ye
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00166.html (7,674 bytes)

3. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 01:42:52 EDT
<< I have one for you, though - do you know of an engine with 2 cams that is also 8 rocker shafts? Wow -- one per valve. I wonder what the square-4 ariel engines were like. But you said non-British.
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00189.html (7,381 bytes)

4. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 06:44:04 -0700
A) In that case, the MGA was a THREE-CAM, as it too kept the original camshaft as a 'jockey-shaft' to drive the oil pump and distributor. I was told that very early versions even had the lobes ground
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00190.html (7,638 bytes)

5. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 02:07:56 -0400
is and Hmmm...Would any of these mystery-lumps be the V-4, ford produced engine that powered the Saab Sonnett? Michael S. Lishego http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00191.html (7,635 bytes)

6. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 02:51:48 EDT
<< Hmmm...Would any of these mystery-lumps be the V-4, ford produced engine that powered the Saab Sonnett? You are talking about the Taunus V4. It had a conventional cam drive, although it did have a
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00193.html (7,251 bytes)

7. Re: When is a twincm not a twincam (score: 1)
Author: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:37:12 -0700
UNRELATED COMMENT, but... There were two Ford V4 engines in Europe, the German Taunus version in the SAAB above, and a UK Ford thing. It hurts to say it, the German version was far better............
/html/mgs/1998-09/msg00195.html (7,900 bytes)


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