I was flipping through some old magazines the other day and saw a rev-kit installed on some v8 of a brand I can't specifically remember. I started wondering about valve control and it seemed like a better idea if the goal was to reduce valve / spring package weight for better valve control.
I'm just bench racing this in my head but I'm curious why this didn't become more prevalent? I must be missing something other than the obvious unit cost. Would it make sense on something seeing 7000-75000 to use a smaller valve spring like a beehive and a rev kit? It seems like it would be a lot nicer to the cam and less work to operate the valvetrain as the combined spring pressures shouldn't necessarily have to be as high.
what do you guys and gals think?
I'm just bench racing this in my head but I'm curious why this didn't become more prevalent? I must be missing something other than the obvious unit cost. Would it make sense on something seeing 7000-75000 to use a smaller valve spring like a beehive and a rev kit? It seems like it would be a lot nicer to the cam and less work to operate the valvetrain as the combined spring pressures shouldn't necessarily have to be as high.
what do you guys and gals think?
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