Curious to see results....

like I said, I will post for sure where the final comp. ended up, think the pistons were 10 in the hole but will verify exact numbers. motors still with the builder.

Definitely won't be any carbon on those pistons

Diamonds.

Big difference !

Zero decked means piston is at the deck. Zero means zero.

Full Force - I'm going with 677

Never gonna happen on Nickersons dyno. After the first pull he's going to tell him the cam is all wrong and he has a guy down the street that custom grinds his cams for $500. His custom cams are actually $250 Erson cams... It will make 100hp more on his dyno with the custom Erson shelf grind.

Sounds like a small block.

Do yourself a favor and take a new Holley with you for the dyno session. They are worth 30hp over Nickersons best ported and polished carbs.

I'd be pretty thorough on the measurements, and certainly account for and measure piston rock. When I am putting together an engine, I measure the piston to deck height with a deck bridge and dial indicator after the shortblock is assembled. once those measurments are taken, THEN gaskets are ordered.

IMO, the benefits, do not outweigh the risks of playing with extremely tight quenches, on a bbc, unless you are building an all out competition engine. If the piston is at 0 deck, .027 is playing with fire, even with a steel rod. Staying in the .040-.060 range, is fine for a N/A build, and most forced induction builds.

I would imagine that Bob M, spec'd those gaskets, assuming the blocks were being zero decked. I don't know how anyone would know the specific blocks deck height, without physically measuring, if in fact, the block was anything other than zero deck. Unless they are virgin blocks from world products, but even then?

Wouldn't be surprised. Most combos make more power when the madera cams are tossed.