yea there are 2 cam followers in there, they are just sitting on the shaft so level with each other
theres not an awful lot of spare material on there to remove really that doesnt add strength to them
as for doing everything at once - not by far, theres a ton of stuff i want to do if this works. done the big things. but if i didnt do a chunk at once it would take years and years to get through all the mods. panther tuning isnt a documented practice, very few idiots start with a panther motor to go fast, i havent done anything too radical yet so with a little luck and a fair breeze i'll be fine. if not it goes bang and i see what failed and dont do that again
yes they are ali rods but im pretty confident they will be are ok they are pretty big dia and very heavy wall [but who knows] if need be i can make some steel ones if i have issues
as a point of interest / amusement i set up my digital tach on my standard solo panther last weekend - it idles at 450 rpm, tops at about 5000 ish
- im looking at maybe 6000 rev limit i think on my tuned motor. i'll see when it feels to be shaking itself it bits and back off a bit