> After all the talk of keeping the buckets matched with the lobes and using
> new/hardened ones with a new cam, I can't help remembering the
> many times I
> sorted shims on my double over-head cam Fiats, Alfa and Jags (and an old
> Renault, if I remember correctly). Just mix and match until I
> got the right
> valve clearance. Any difference, or did I just get lucky in not having
> problems?
Don't know about all them fancy cars, but on my Stag the shims don't run
against the camshaft. There's a follower for that, and it should be kept
with the cam lobe it has grown to know and love. The shims can be freely
exchanged.
Randall
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