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Asked by GuruXSW85 Oct 26, 2018 at 04:08 PM about the 2003 Ford Focus

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

what is the difference between a single head cam or a duel over head cam

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One has a single camshaft. The other has two camshafts, one for intake and one for exhaust. Then you got double overhead cams, that's usually a v engine and each bank has two camshafts.

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