408 hyd roller, too much spring pressure?

B3422w5 said
I certainly wouldn’t be afraid to run beehives on a street strip deal. I did that very thing for the 4 years I raced( quite a bit) and street drove the motor below in a 71 Duster.
It saw 6400/6500 every pass it made.
Knowing nothing about beehives before this, I now know they are very capable to satisfy the needs of a great many, like myself, who race/ raced a piece at this level.

Iron-Headed Mopar 318 Magnum Engine- Popular Hot Rodding Magazine

So let’s think about this. You build your engine with the correct straight spring, and use a quality retainer and such.

Then switch to a beehive. What do you gain? If you gain RPM then I would go back and look at what was wrong with the straight spring.

Because I have weighed a 1.500 Ti retainer, a lightweight steel retainer and a beehive retainer that was suggested for the same cam and there wasn’t 10 grams between them.

I can tell you that dropping to a .310 stem from a .342 valve is far more important than that little weight you may save with a BH spring and retainer.

And then you have the option of Ti valves. Valve weight is far more critical than retainer weight (within reason) and what the top of a BH spring weighs.

That’s why I always ask what do you gain. I’ve probably already read the ST links above but I will go back and read them to refresh my memory. I’m betting they didn’t just drop on a set of beehives and rotate the earth.