Sacrifice New Cam-Gasket to Measure Valve Travel?

[OK-944]

With the cam assembly and cylinder heads off my 85.5's engine, I'm thinking that a great way to measure valve travel would be to correctly torque the cam assembly back onto the head - using a new "sacrificial" cam gasket (which I'd discard and replace with yet another new one when I do the final engine assembly), and rotate the cam to measure the valve travel.

Cam head gaskets are inexpensive, and I don't want to torque down the same one twice.

Any problems with this way of measuring valve travel? I need to ask, because I haven't seen this procedure written up or otherwise discussed. Thanks!

[krystar]

....real question is...why?

[wild man]

Originally Posted by krystar

....real question is...why?

That's basically the same question I had when I read the title. OK, I will answer YOUR question by saying:: Yes - I think that would be an acceptable way to do it. But would you mind answering the question of: What is the motivating factor behind your need to take such measurements? If you think that you have worn cams, you should be able to check that directly using calipers. Since there are no rockers to give you a mechanical advantage (or disadvantage, for that matter) the numbers you come up with should equal out to the "valve travel" numbers that you are looking for.