340 cam in a 318

Bakerlite said

Well, I calculate piston to valve clearance.
Do you just bolt everything on and only realize you have an issue when you bend valves?

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Calculate piston to valve clearance???

I put some clay on top of the piston, then adjust the valve lash to zero and turn the engine over and measure the thickness of the valve imprints in the clay...

No calculation necessary, real world application eliminates any errors due to wrong assumptions that can be made in a calculation...