SOHC – Single overhead Cam: One camshaft per bank of cylinders, located on the cylinder head. Example: A DOHC I4 would have 1 cams, while a DOHC V8 would have 2 cams. Many people forget that it’s one cam per bank of cylinders – that’s very important. The majority of SOHC engines are of the [...]
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CVT – Continuously variable transmission: An automatic transmission with a nearly infinite number of gear ratios. In general, the more gears a transmission has, the better it can use it’s available power, and the better the fuel economy. With a nearly infinite number of gear ratios, the CVT delivers the best of both worlds.
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