You guys always lose me at certain words. Could ya help me out and define these for me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz:

cam (or cam kit)

blower

stroker (or stroker kit)

wtf are those and how do they work :>

 

cam = short for camshaft. It's a long piece that goes in the engine that had lots of lobes on it. There's a chaim that turns the cam, and the lobes move the intake and exhaust valves open and closed, therefore allowing air/fuel to enter the engine and leave through the exhaust valves. different cams open/close the valves for different periods of time, and to different heights. a cam kit would just be a cam that comes with some of the necessary accessories to make it work right.

blower = basically a supercharger. typically uses a turbine driven by a belt to force air into the engine at different compession levels (psi).

stroker = usually refers to getting a new crankshaft. the crankshaft increases the stroke of the motor (how far down the pistons move) which therefore increases the displacement of the engine (ie: 346ci is a stock LS1 displacement, most typical strokers increase it to 383ci), hence making more power.

hope that helps a bit.

 

i would normally move this.. but your a newbie..

 

yeah i agree be nice to him.......even though most of us learned this in grade school.....but hey thats ok, welcome

 

errr? Thank you for NOT being a ****...jeez, where else would I post this? It's about the LS1 engine technically. Grade school? Sorry, I wasn't worried about cars, I was worried about getting out of grade school.

GrdLockV6, thx for the help

 

no problem young fella...at least your driving a real car

 

Oh, also, check out www.howstuffworks.com

Go to the automobile section and they have very nice how this and that works with nice flash animations and everything that will definitely teach you a lot about how an engine works.