Ford custom cam box
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Thanks. I am intrigued as to how the cam is assembled without split shells.
Press fit lobes.
Excellent piece of engineering. Only concern would be that if any component wears in that cam carrier, the whole thing will need replacement. Good business for Ford, I suppose. Also a shame that it will more than likely be linked to the crank by a soggy rubber belt.
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I think it is called built in obsolensce.
But it reduces initial production costs, without any concern of long term ownership costs.
Indeed , but it’s a clever process to push fit the lobes , in exactly the correct positions , taking into account the cumulative force as the shaft is pressed in , probably almost red hot as well I’d love to see a vid of how it’s made .
My custom has stop/ start , so where I used to do say 10 starts per working day , it’s now probably over 50. So when stopped , the oil hot oil rapidly drains down into the sump , then the auto start kicks in with the start torque on the soggy and hot wet belt stretching it , whilst the oil has to hurry up getting to the cam box. It’s like engineering vandalism
"engineering vandalism" 
What, no cam bearing caps and bolts? Flip me, they'd 3D print the entire engine if it was possible to do it in steel and alloy, then tell you you're a bit old school when you beefed about not being able to adjust the valve clearances or even replace a valve (ooh, new engine time). Honestly, bring on Hydrogen cars or if the government (successive governments over the last 20 years actually) put some meaningful R&D into battery tech, make some electric cars for the bloody people, a la the VW Betle, 2CV, Trabant etc only in VAN form. Sorry, got a bit carried away there...
What, no cam bearing caps and bolts? Flip me, they'd 3D print the entire engine if it was possible to do it in steel and alloy, then tell you you're a bit old school when you beefed about not being able to adjust the valve clearances or even replace a valve (ooh, new engine time). Honestly, bring on Hydrogen cars or if the government (successive governments over the last 20 years actually) put some meaningful R&D into battery tech, make some electric cars for the bloody people, a la the VW Betle, 2CV, Trabant etc only in VAN form. Sorry, got a bit carried away there...
"engineering vandalism"
What, no cam bearing caps and bolts? Flip me, they'd 3D print the entire engine if it was possible to do it in steel and alloy, then tell you you're a bit old school when you beefed about not being able to adjust the valve clearances or even replace a valve (ooh, new engine time). Honestly, bring on Hydrogen cars or if the government (successive governments over the last 20 years actually) put some meaningful R&D into battery tech, make some electric cars for the bloody people, a la the VW Betle, 2CV, Trabant etc only in VAN form. Sorry, got a bit carried away there...
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