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1952 NSU MAX adopts principles of locomotive in new ''ultramax'' Ad

For a long time the overhead camshaft has been the mark of a powerful four-cycle engine, but even today OHC jobs are few. The evident advantages of the overhead camshaft, the smaller mass of moving parts of the valve train - either chain or shaft drive, have permitted safer and more accurate high revving but have apparently failed to reach the production machine because of several reasons...