twin-cam
English
Noun
twin-cam (plural twin-cams)
- Alternative form of twincam
- 2007 -, Brian Long, Mitsubishi Lancer EVO I to X: The Road Car and WRC Story, →ISBN:
- The Espada was a sporty 1.6 litre twin-cam car with 14-inch alloy wheels, sports seats, power steering (with the SR and GSR three-spoke steering wheel), white faced gauges (also employed on the high-performance Lancers), and a rear spoiler.
- 2009, Design Museum Enterprise Limited, Fifty Cars that Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty, →ISBN:
- Light and elegant, with a body style that echoed the far more pricey racing Bugattis, the Salmsons were powered by a beautiful and advanced twin-cam engine and put up remarkable performances at Le Mans and Brooklands where, in 1927, the works' supercharged car could lap at more than 100mph.
- 2015, Nigel Burton, Toyota MR2: The Complete Story, →ISBN:
- Every bit a bargain-basement special, it missed out on the wonderful twin-cam 4A-GELU engine, instead using the mundane 1452cc 3A-LU single overhead cam 4-cylinder unit also found in Corolla and Carina saloons.
- 2017, Ciaran McMenamin, Skintown, →ISBN:
- It isn't the cops, though, unless they're driving around undercover in souped-up Toyota twin-cams.
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Translations
Describing an engine with a pair of overhead camshafts
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