[SnakeBitt]

Steelcomp: after reading your post, it looks like you're trying to get answers to questions that YOU have on (perhaps) some of your OWN engine builds / designs. And you want Keith to supply all the information on tricks / things he's learned along the way through a lot of hard work and trial and error.
No doubt, you know your way around an engine. But do you tell people everything you know / have learned along the way?
Whatever KC is doing seems to be working. He has many record holders running his engines in their cars, and a lot of happy Cobra customers as well. I know of one near me and he had his car on a local chassis dyno and the numbers calculated out to be right where KC's flywheel dyno numbers were. RWHP doesn't lie.......and neither does his times at the track.