Not at all, Jeff. I see what you're saying, and I'm just trying to walk the path of people who have figured this stuff out prior to me showing up to buy a 25 YO bike to play around with. I'm not looking to do anything special, and in reality, as long as it doesn't run worse than stock, it will be okay.
The jets and shims didn't cost all that much and it's the sort of thing I enjoy playing around with. I'm not planning to do any experimenting, I just wanted to see if anyone felt these shims were flat-out wrong to save me from pulling the plastic later and installing the originals. I appreciate your input.