[christianchevell]

I am serious I have ran a lot worse that the little kiss you got.... You can see its slightly kissing the piston as the trunnions bearings fell out then one small bite when it went and it perfectly bent the valve for saving the engine not trashing the piston. You need to talk more experienced people, sure you could blow a ton on it, or replace the what ever affected and check thoroughly as I would trash lifters, pushrods and springs and rockers....time to upgrade the trunnion, your not the first to kiss a piston and you should count your unlucky stars your not looking at having to replace that slug. The Trunnion problem is a known issue with us motorheads on here, spontaneous spring breakage ...not happening unless you stressed the hell out of it over revving most likely as the springs are tough.