Originally Posted by
mattwoodcraft
rather then saying it will not work why not tell him why it will not work ? with no shim in you have .3 of squish adding 1 .1 will give a total of .4 if your only running 20% a .1 shim may all that be needed ...
IMO i would just run .2 shim give you a toatl of .5 med hot plug
Originally Posted by 22racer
The shim is softer than the head button or the sleeve and acts like a gasket.
In your setup I would run 1 alum and 1 thin brass or even just the aluminum.
Rex
Thank you both for information. Still learning nitro and I have never messed with shimming so I had no idea that they act like a gasket. The way the massive mods article is worded it sounds like it is possible that you can run without one which is why I thought it would work.