General Motors has filed a new patent that offers a look at how the company may be rethinking cylinder deactivation for its ...

GM has filed a patent application a variable displacement valvetrain system with rocker shaft porting and insert sleeves for ...

The rocker arm employs the use of a fulcrum or pivot to increase the cam lift by a given ratio. That increase in lift is the result of moving the pushrod pivot point closer to the fulcrum. That ...

The typical four-stroke engine is made up of hundreds of parts. These parts are all designed and engineered to work together to make a prescribed amount of power, torque, engine longevity, and other ...

In the valvetrain of your typical pushrod engine, the rocker arm is a critical component that also is an excellent tuning device. To properly tune with rocker arms, though, you need to understand how ...

Some 2013 Acura RDX SUVs may intermittently illuminate the check engine light and store trouble code P3400 and/or P3497 in the PCM. One likely cause, reports Acura, is a sticking rocker arm oil ...

This may feel like specialist information, but for serious engine builders and home mechanics with a project themselves, checking the pushrod length may be a pain in the neck, but it’s worth doing.

Changing the rocker arms in your C5 or C6 Corvette may not deliver the dramatic results that a cam swap can, but it's a lot less work. And the power increases you'll experience make the change a good ...