So, if we reduce the mass of the spring, more of the spring pressure should be available to maintain control of the valve, and it may be able to accommodate a higher engine speed.

Insufficient spring pressure can result in uncontrolled valve movement, the two most common problems being valve loft and valve bounce.

Check out the Erson Cams racing valvespring tech and some of their sound rules to follow. You'll find that valvesprings are more complicated than they seem.

The installed height of a valvespring is the distance from the base of the spring to the bottom of the retainer when the valve is closed. If the distance is too short the spring will be under too ...

4,245 examples of the 2024 Hyundai Palisade for the US market may have been produced with incorrectly manufactured valve springs ...

Although it has only 57 miles (91 km) on the clock, the mid-engine Corvette in the photo gallery appears to have dropped a valve because of a broken spring, rendering the LT2 small-block V8 kaput.