THANKS FOR THE ADVICE RYAN!!!!!
And tectic I have read as many post as I can find from BogusSVO here and on DSMTuners. He's a good man and provides great info, I would welcome him to chime in on this post.
I get that the stock springs lose tension over time. I also understand that shimming valve springs is one of the most common and preferred methods for achieving adequate seat pressure and installed height at machine shops. So saying that it is "very bad" without qualifying it doesn't mean much.
I have measured my valve springs and get a free height of 1.878, with the FSM listing 1.866 as the service limit and 1.906 as the factory spec.
Based on my installed height of 1.575, the stock cam lift of .252 and the coil bind that I measured of 1.115 this leaves .208 of free spring travel at full lift. I could use a .030 shim and still have .178 of free spring travel before coil bind. adding .030 on my 1.878 free height would put me at 1.908 free height which is bang on spec and should equate to better seat pressure without the risk of coil bind.
Am I missing something? Why is this "very bad"?