Noobie Tech Question: Simi SOHC?DOHC?

• sidestep1984

  17 Feb 05, 16:11

  i couldnt find much help in the net and i was wondering what u guys think between the two...
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  17 Feb 05, 16:14

  SOHC: smoother, less engine vibrations but less powerful.
  
  DOHC: opposite of SOHC lah, more powerful...
• ronnie_2600

  17 Feb 05, 16:17

  Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

  SOHC: smoother, less engine vibrations but less powerful.
  
  DOHC: opposite of SOHC lah, more powerful...

  err... thats a very lay man way of describing it right?
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  17 Feb 05, 16:20

  Originally posted by ronnie_2600:

  err... thats a very lay man way of describing it right?

  lazy to describe in detail..
• sidestep1984

  17 Feb 05, 16:21

  Originally posted by ronnie_2600:

  err... thats a very lay man way of describing it right?

  no crap..more fact..hehe...easier for the technology ungifted person to understand...hehehehehehe
• ronnie_2600

  17 Feb 05, 17:37

  Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

  lazy to describe in detail..

  but i would prefer to describe the DOHC sounds more 'fierce' than SOHC.
  
  
• D16Z6

  17 Feb 05, 23:00

  Originally posted by sidestep1984:

  i couldnt find much help in the net and i was wondering what u guys think between the two...

  SOHC=one leg
  DOHC=two leg....
  so u go n thine one leg faster or two leg faster....
• Theatre Of Dreams

  17 Feb 05, 23:08

  Single OverHead Cam...
  Double OverHead Cam...
  
  the more the merrier
• ronnie_2600

  18 Feb 05, 00:49

  Out of curiousity.
  
  BMW M6 is how many legs?
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  18 Feb 05, 18:29

  Originally posted by ronnie_2600:

  Out of curiousity.
  
  BMW M6 is how many legs?

  does it have BMW's valvetronic?
• Kuali Baba

  18 Feb 05, 18:36

  SOHC : Single Overhead Camshaft
  DOHC : Double Overhead Camshafts
  Quadcam: Four Overhead Camshafts
  
  The M6 uses DOHC if I'm not mistaken.
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  18 Feb 05, 19:00

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  SOHC : Single Overhead Camshaft
  DOHC : Double Overhead Camshafts
  Quadcam: Four Overhead Camshafts
  
  The M6 uses DOHC if I'm not mistaken.

  so many for wad?
• Kuali Baba

  18 Feb 05, 19:16

  Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

  so many for wad?

  Not my problem.
• HENG@

  18 Feb 05, 19:17

  Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

  so many for wad?

  so that rich bois like u have a choice what your money can buy.