340 Vs 360

frosty_the_punk said
You're going out of your way to ignore the fact that when it comes to fasteners, the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

Look at a 5 stud wheel vs a centrelock wheel.

When there's 5 fasteners, look how small they each can be.

When there's just 1 fastener look how large it's required to be.

The strength of the shaft rocker system isn't the size of the fasteners, or even specifically the quantity.
It's the fact that they're all fastening the same shaft together in unison and working together, rather than working individually.

Is this actually how you think valve springs work?

Do you think applying this kinda force would pull a 7/16 chevy rocker stud out first? Or a chrysler rocker shaft held in by five 3/8 bolts?

Something tells me I'm not going to get an answer to this obvious question. :lol:

Ill give you the answer. You’d know this if you had any experience in anything other than arguing.

Five 3/8 bolts will NOT hold the shafts down under load unless you run hydraulic cams or really small SFT stuff.

The five 5/16 bolts on passenger car heads will barely take a .600 net lift SFT. You can see the witness marks saddles.

I‘d post a video of what happens on a BBC chevy when the bolts can’t hold the rockers but it won’t help you understand ****.

I know exactly how a valve spring works and you inferring that picking up an engine with four 5/16 bolts is as much stress and strain on the fasteners a rocker shaft bolts shows your limited experience and foolish ignorance.

Back on ignore.