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In a 1999 Ford Contour : The 2.0 litre four cylinder engine has ( 2 cam shafts on top of the cylinder head ) The 2.5 litre V6 engine has ( 2 camshafts on top of each cylinder head so there are 4 camshafts )
located on the cam shafts there are two marks one on each that have to be aligned!
One has a single cam shaft. The other has two cam shafts the twin cam has more horse power 124 at 5,000 rpms i do belive where the sohc produces 110 at 5 grand
Not enough to justify the cost of buying and installing aftermarket cam shafts, at least on a value-per-dollar basis.
A twin cam is an engine that has two cam shafts (which open and close the valves). The most common reasons for two camshafts are: If a V-shaped engine design uses one cam shaft for each side of the V - obviously, if a V engine has overhead cams, you would need a cam at the top of each side of the V. Also, a straight in-line engine with two intake valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder might use twin camshafts. Actually, I V-6 or V-8 engine with one camshaft on each head in a overhead cam configuration is still considered a single overhead cam. The only time an engine is classified as a twin cam or double overhead cam is when there are two camshafts on each cylinder head. A double overhead cam V-6 engine would have a total of four camshafts. Two for each head.
good chance the cam and crank shafts were not aligned properly or the engine just needs to be timed correctly
Drivers side is #1 #3 #5 Passanger side is #2 #4 #6
It has chain driven cam shafts
It has chain driven cam shafts
Its a single cam.. it says " 2.0 Split Cam on the cover of the engine... A dual cam would say " 16V Zetec" on the engine cover.
I found out the hard way car was started in the drive way and stopped engine was trashed mechanic mentioned it was an interference engine which I had never heard of before. Timing chain slipped causing the pistons to collide with the valves cam shafts were scored . you basically need another engine
Looking at the engine from the front, it is the component mounted just below the air cleaner. It is bolted to the right hand side of the engine just below the cam shafts (two round black plastic seals) and above the gearbox.