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just had my heads milled=no run

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  • Start date Start date Sep 1, 2008

Mr. Rustypwnz

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I cant for the life of me, get this thing to run... but I thought I would need shims, but everyone I talk to says no, so do you really need shims when you have them milled? they were .030 btw..
 

TomCat

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Shim like valve spring shims? I think those are only for spring height. Maybe by milling the heads you've cause an issue with valvetrain geometry... like with pushrod length?
Hope you find what it is.
 

Mr. Rustypwnz

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I got some shims for the rockers on the way so well find out.. .
 

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I had the same problem.Rocker arm shims made everything better.
 

Mr. Rustypwnz

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yeah I dont know what I was thinking, I should have went with my gut and just got em earlier in the week, but its all good, my old 86 gt had em, and I totally spaced it... lol
 

795.0pacecar

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Measure the pushrod length and lifter preload. You cant just go by what other people say might work.
 
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