[Shotimes] Valve shim kits...

Donelson Don 1badsho@mail.tnh.net
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:55:15 -0400


mark

i hear ya .. most of the shims i have are in the std range too but  I did purchase a lot of the real low end and high end shims that were discontinued a long time ago from ford thats needed to properly adj stage I and stage II cams.

dond


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mark Nunnally" <manunnal@netheaven.com>
Date:  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:30:35 -0400

>> Now that Ford has done away with production of official valve shims for
>the
>> Gen I and 2 cars, I am wondering what, if anything, all of the enthusiasts
>> are going to do when it comes to future 60K services.
>
>    Start messing around with a car that they still make parts for :)
>
>I have no future SHO motor plans other than ones that will always use stock
>cams, so the sizes that typically fall in with stock cams, are pretty common
>(at least I got plenty of good used or new in those sizes).  It's the really
>thin or really thick ones that will be hard to get (for aftermarket cam
>grinds).
>
>Besides, a healthy SHO at 60k, or 120k, or even 180k won't need more than a
>couple usually.
>
>mark
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