Yes, well, consider that if we all were to take precisely that approach we would still be doing the very same thing that previous generations and generations before them did...LOL, so not trying to be a smart-ass about this, but I made it a point to move to a 1.6 ratio rocker arm to evaluate the difference that made (if any???) on a street car, having kept all other parameters the same...really, an attempt on my part to learn stuff.

Your 2nd point is well taken though...sometimes these lessons get expensive. I am glad I caught this as part of a routine "check before run" I do at the start of every cruising season.