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My fear of beehives has nothing to do with the function - and everything to do with the potential failure mode. I have had the dubious pleasure of breaking valvesprings in the past - and only the presence of an unbroken inner (or outer) kept my junk together. A beehive is a single spring - if it breaks your skewered...
You'd like the springs on my most recent EMC motor. They are dual springs that are only 1.250 in diameter with beehive sized titanium retainers - LS1 stuff. They look positively silly on the big FE heads, but seem to work OK.
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Survival Motorsports
"I can do that....."
Engine Masters Challenge Entries
91 octane - single 4bbl - mufflers
2008 - 429 cid FE HR - 675HP
2007 - 429 cid FE MR - 659HP
2006 - 434 cid FE MR - 678HP
2005 - 505 cid FE MR - 752HP
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