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Well I made the financial decision not to do the machining because I thought 15-19 / 100th of a mm was minimal when base shims start at .25

I know there are other custom sizes out there to be found as well. Wayne describes extreme in his book as .50 mm.

So since the Short block is complete, I will be using shims.

What about if I went for a 1.00 mm shim, on all spigots, so as not to stack. Will I get enough compression to even things out at specified head bolt torques do you think? Or go 1.00 in the center and stack .50 and .25 for a total of .75 ea on the ends?

Thanks
John