Re: Limitations of the hydraulic valvetrain
The issue with running taller valves is you'll either need to gut the hydraulics and convert to solid followers, or shorten the base circle of the camshafts appreciably. A smaller overall lobe will have greater stresses imparted to it and to the cam followers.
If you are going with much higher lift than stock, then presumably the shape of the lobe is far more aggressive. A more aggressive lobe *may* run into problems with the hydraulic adjusters. There's a lot of mass there for the lobe to toss around, so you may in fact encounter some issues with valve float that you wouldn't see with a stock cam profile. Strictly speculation on my part, but be aware you may be doing a lot of R & D to find out!
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