Valve truble

I would have thought with your vast SBM knowledge that you’d know the applications that use exhaust rotators also use shorter springs with them.

If you don’t think the info I posted about the valve lengths is accurate........ look it up yourself.

The main reason you wouldn’t normally use the HD valves in a HP application is because even when you eliminate the rotator, the stock retainer will have less installed height than if a std 4 groove valve is used...... as seen with the tip height disparity in the OP’s pic.
The .011” OAL difference is negligible.
Ok now all the valves has the same hight from spring pocket to the tip iv mesured the distance from spring pocket to the underside of the retainer and all mes are lover than the recomended spring hight of 1.69" so next on the agenda is to cut the spring pockets down to the right hight