I sympathize with you people. 40 years ago I dropped a marine engine exhaust valve on my right hand index finger. I was a fourth class marine engineer grinding in an exhaust valve foe our Sulzer main engine. While applying grinding compound to the valve it slipped off the board I was using to...
Sorry to hear about your plight. I hope you can beat it and get back into the shop. I have a feeling that once you do your recovery will speed up. Just recently tired I now have time to get into my shop. I am going to check out all your posts to see what I can learn (alot).
Question? What sort of compression ratio do you get. With the large volume in the rotary valve assembly there must be a way to bring the compression up around 9.5 to 1, a good compression for a gas engine.