Chevy Big-Block Performance: Valvetrain Optimization
The steel beehive retainer for a big bee-hive (top right) hits the scales at just 12.7 grams, and the tool-steel retainer for the small beehive spring (bottom right) is just 9.7 grams. Fig. 10.52. If you are going to better the performance of a beehive spring, you need to look only at the very best of conventional springs.
