Very true.
Valve lash on an iron block/iron head combo may not grow at all....or it could grow a few thou.
The original poster made a comment (4th post down) about how he would find out what the lash spec would be for a particular solid flat tappet cam....he gave the parameters as an example.
I agree, the diesel may be a totally different beast....and I don't have any diesel experience whatsoever, except for putting a new injector pump and timing belt on my dad's 1992 VW Jetta.
