:cheers: just went thru this on my victor knock offs. you may or may not need them, depends on your stuff, in my case I put .060 in,ended up pulling them all back out. the valve contact area came out perfect w/o them at all on the procomp heads. that being said,to you guys that question this procedure,: the valve train geometry dictates if, and how many shims are needed to get full cam lift. there is a sweet spot (if you will) that will get perfect or close to perfect valve -roller contact and "have full cam lift." making up the diff. w/ the adjusters ain`t the right way to do it. if done that way the geometry may or may not be off. usually it`s not perfect. read hughs engines tech articles on this, they are better w/ words than I am, it`s very informative, and after going thru this, I agree w/ them. never done a small block, but they are supposed to be more criticle than the big blocks. just ordered the correct pushrods for mine this morning. ' They are alittle differant than can be bought from anyone not custom building them. mine were 9.480 long w/ everything centered. sorry for the long post guys!!!!!!!!!!!bob:glasses7:
