CamKing wrote:Does he want to learn about designing the lobe shapes, or about how the cam works in the engine, and how changing parameters(duration, lift, ICL....) changes how the engine runs ?
If one is new to automotive camshafts, pay careful attention to what Mike said. There are several areas to understand.
they are:
how does the cam work in an engine?
which camshaft parameters are correct for a given engine (and why)
effects of lobe design, again for specific engines
camshaft manufacturing processes.
The first is almost too simplistic it seems. But actually there is more than meets the eye.
The second is the most important, least understood and often determined by trial and error, and error, and error.
The third is complicted and mathematical. It includes valve train impact and vibrations.
The fourth is an area only a cam grinder really cares about.