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how many camshafts in a 3.8 ecotec?

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hey all might seem like a silly question. but thinking of upgrading the cams in my VS, its a v6 so wondering how many cams would i have to replace? thanks :smoking:
 

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oh really... ah thats good then.. my friend was telling me it had two cams per head.. ? is it just one cam in one of the heads. thanks for the help
 

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Single cam in the valley behind the oil pump under the intake manifold.
 

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Because I'm in the mood to be pedantic I'm going to suggest that there are actually 12 cams in the Ecotec, one for each of the valves, all attached to the one camshaft.
 

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Because I'm in the mood to be pedantic I'm going to suggest that there are actually 12 cams in the Ecotec, one for each of the valves, all attached to the one camshaft.

next thing you'll be telling us they're a 24 stroke motor...
 

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oh really... ah thats good then.. my friend was telling me it had two cams per head.. ? is it just one cam in one of the heads. thanks for the help

Ya mate is thinking of the alloytec that is quad cam but there only in the vz onwards.
 

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next thing you'll be telling us they're a 24 stroke motor...

Only if it completes two full crankshaft revolutions.

I don't want to be cruel because other than an almost inconsequential misuse of terms it is a legitimate question with appropriate replies but I wonder what the response would have been had I left it at:

"There are actually 12 cams in the Ecotec." or maybe added "and you can replace any whole number of them from 1 to 12."?
 

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Cheap6, I would love to be the fly on the wall when you go to a cam seller and ask for 12 cams for your ecotec. I just wonder what the persons face would look like. Evilsix was asking a simple question that really only needs a simple answer, not a wind up.
 
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