Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: sultan (Noun). Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph. hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
Rocker arm. A rocker arm (in the context of an internal combustion engine of automotive, marine, motorcycle and reciprocating aviation types) is an oscillating lever that conveys radial movement from the cam lobe into linear movement at the poppet valve to open it.hen the camshaft lobe raises the outside of the arm, the inside presses down on the valve stem, opening the valve. When the outside of the arm is permitted to return due to the camshafts rotation, the inside rises, allowing the valve spring to close the valve.
Just how far (mathematically) each lobe raises the lifter is called the lobe lift. The lift that is typically referred to in a camshaft catalog is the valve, or gross lift, and is achieved by multiplying the lobe lift by the rocker arm ratio. For most small-blocks, the standard rocker ratio is 1.5:1, so, by multiplying a theoretical lobe lift of 0.370-inch x 1.5 rocker arm ratio, we achieve a valve lift of 0.555-inch lift (0.370 x 1.5 = 0.555). By replacing the standard rocker arm ratios with a higher-ratio rocker arm, you can add valve lift and some duration. If we use the camshaft with the 0.370-inch lobe lift and match it to a rocker arm ratio of 1.7:1, we realize a gross lift of 0.629 inches. Though these two gross lift examples are close to the upper end of a very high-performance small-block Chevy with a flat-tappet camshaft, the mathematical theory is the same for all engines.