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double overhead camshaft

American  

noun

Automotive.

  1. a pair of overhead camshafts, one to operate the intake valves and the other to operate the exhaust valves. DOHC

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For this year, Ford had a brand-new, strictly racing engine with an aluminum block, double overhead camshaft, and a fuel injection system that cranked up close to 420 h.p.

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