
Originally Posted by
RedHeartbeat
FWIW, Erik at HKE says to run the springs shimmed close to coil bind. He expressed concerns about my Patriot springs and is shimming the springs up .060" to the way he prefers them. He told me that if I were to ever replace the heads, contact the manufacturer of the head and tell them how much lift I planned on running so that the springs could be setup to their specs. He recommended not buying off the shelf heads unless you're going to have them shimmed properly. I think he said that he likes them shimmed within .050" of coil bind.