| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 | Why bother? Changing the geometry of the valve train creates far more problems than advantages, and few engine builders have the engineering ability to do it properly. It would be necessary to change the position of the rocker shaft to do it correctly on a stovebolt engine, and the machining costs would be horrendous. Jerry
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