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Old Jun 22, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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Friend has a ls2 402 with stock ls6 rocker arms and stg 3 livernios ls6 heads. He is wondering if he needs to shim his rocker arms. I have saw acouple people doin it and some have not. He has the g5x-3 cam with the 7.4 pushrods.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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Is his swipe off or something? if it's off even with the correct preload then yeah he might need to shim.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 04:03 AM
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Were the heads milled any? What valve springs are being used?
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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Hey Bill, this is Sam, here are the heads I have, I am wondering if I needed to shim my rockers. Also I got my car runnin, it was the TPS sensor.... For the tune I ripped Buzz's off of his car for now and loaded it to mine. I might be in need of some fine tuning from there. I will let you know...
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http://www.livernoismotorsports.com/...p=1352&large=2

Forgot the link to the heads....
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Sam, call me...
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Old Jun 24, 2006 | 03:50 AM
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Bill I will get with ya sometime this week. I got a busy weekend.
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Boating with naked chicks doesn't count, Sam
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