Pieces of steel in cylinder??

Well, they are only .015" taller than others..... only an added 0.4 points or so with the lack of eyebrows. Deck clearance is around .067" with a stock LA deck. Still 'in-the hole'. Not 'high compression'.

And yes on the P-V clearance... another thing that goes along with using a smaller cam.

Yes but "higher than some".