Mazda Motorsport SUB question
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Yeah, if I needed to I could run them. But I got half and half. In the same labeled bag. And the bag I got from a distributor had the same issues. So something weird is going on. We'll see what they can ship me.
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I've heard different answers to that question. Both from people I trust know what they are doing. I'm going to measure mine in the next few weeks and see if anything changed. I forgot to measure after I installed the head.
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If I remember correctly I think the head I did on the bench openned up around 0.5 to 1.5 thou on the most outward lifters. I'll guess it would vary per head as well depending on how straight it is.
The last rebuild I measured all lifters with the head bolted down to the block on a used but good gasket. I targeted 8-10 thou on intakes and 10-12 thou on exhaust but ended up slightly looser on a few. I'm not sure if the feeler guages I used weren't clean or the seats had oil on them but some of my exhausts measured up to 14 thou.
I think the inacuracies in measuring and steps in shim sizing means the install error is more than an untorqued head anyway. It all depends on how fussy you are and how long you want to spend tweaking shims.
btw order on the tighter spec rather than looser. I found most of my tolerances were more open than my calcs. It is better to be too large rather than too small as it is easier to sand them down to size.