Thread: valve shims

Ok, I searched on here but I can't seem to find it, or I don't understand. I took my ve head to get tapped so that I can put the head on a det block. My dumbass self was not thinking and had the cams out when I took them the head. So all my shims fell out, found 14 of the 16. What I need to know is what the tolerence between the lobe and shin shld be. That eat I can reshim the head, by the two shims that i need, and keep my project.rolling. Any help will be helpful. Thanks in advance.

http://www.sr20-forum.com/vvl/18268-sr20ve-sr16ve-spec-pics.html

I have read that...just not 100% sure if I'm right...not exactly something I wld like to f up

Use a feeler gauge between the low lobe and rocker pad. Just do one valve per cyl at a time...

isn't it two valves per cyl at a time?

Well however you want to look at it. I do either one intake per cylinder or one exhaust at a time. Just as long as your not doing two adjacent valves on the samecylinder..

But what is the tolerence .... .030

.20 plus or minus .03 intake
.32 plus or minus .03 exhaust

Thanks Cory....that's very helpful...

That's what I got out of it...but had to be sure