How do you determine what the largest clamping shim OD you would use with a shim stack?

Just discovered this forum. I have been searching for a forum on camshaft design. That is, actual design like ramps, profiles, materials, machining, and so on, as opposed to "what cam should I use?"

when using ethanol blend in small engines, what problems will this cause in the future to equipment ?

ok, so, if you have a twincharge set up on a chevy small block 400 cu. in motor, turbo feeding roots blower... roots by itself at 4000 rpm produces 6lbs boost...turbo by itself at 4000 rpm produces 1

I have been reading recently about a phenomenon called acceleration head. It seems to apply only to reciprocating pumps. My question (s):If you had a glycerin-filled pressure gauge at the reciprocatin

A while back, I posted some questions related to a v-twin I am working on. Here is another puzzling one. The engine is a v-twin, dual overhead cam, 4 valve configuration - designed from a clean sheet

I am trying to figure out a way to monitor the level of liquid in a large fixed container and output that information (via serial, USB, Cat5, etc.) to a program on a windows machine to display the cur

I seek an alternative mechanism that will convert rotary motion into linear motion in the same way as a rotary govenor does on a steam engine.This is to control a needle valve proportional to r.p.m