Originally Posted by
Grinder
If you are going into high humidity, you should add shims to the head. The humidity is taking the place of the oxygen in the air. Water does not compress like air. Inside the combustion chamber the water droplets turn into steam. This creates heat, and can make detonation worse. You are safer to decompress the engine in high humidity, and heat.

Thanks for that reply Grinder! Exactly what I was looking for!
So, going into more specific...
For a .12 engine... up to what relative humidity (50%, 60%, ..etc) should I start adding shims and in what increment? (0.05mm, 0.1mm)
Thanks!