Originally posted by BrainTeased
thanks Ziggy i need one of those digital verniers! no way i can get that 0.018 figure on a scale vernier.
but apart from that do you think im putting too many shims in? after reading that headshim thread im pretty sure that the VERY VERY thin shim is the 0.08 shim and the other 2 silver novarossi shims are 0.010 so maybe i have 0.028 mm shimmed installed? so basically does it sound normal to have 0.028mm shimmed on 2-3 litred old novarossi engine? maybe it was just my bad tuning skills that made it flame out the first week. (trying to tune the bottom end lean first)
If you have read the thred it tells you that Novarossi engines are made to have 0.008" head clearance withoutshims so if you have 0.028" more it is way over shimmed. I have just one 0.010"shim in mine.
The very thin shim must be the 0.005"shim as they make that one
Cheers