need help choosing 360 pistons and cam

1wild&crazyguy said

If u have the piston .019 -.020 out of the hole and use a .025-.039 head gasket ..then mill the head to end up around .022-.030 deep on the shallow side of the chamber... Suprise...you have quench. You can mill the heads just to closed, but the chamber will be in the 48-52 cc range. I have seen where some guys have milled beyond just making the closed chamber and end up finding a thin spot and making a hole out of it. But I have j heads that are at the .030 deep shallow side and they run great and spec to 60 cc's

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True, but given that most 360 decks are tall from 9.6 to begin with, and the tallest self flat top piston Im aware of has a compression height of 1.675, and you need a compression height of 1.687 to get to 0 deck in a 360 (given your rods are actually 6.123 and your stroke is actually 3.58) that means you need to take your deck to 9.6, then take another .012 off that plus .020 to get the piston proud. And most J heads Ive seen the quench side of the chamber is .120 deep so you gotta take .090 off the heads. to get to .030 deep which depending on where your located may cost a pretty penny. Not impossible to do, very possible to do in fact, maybe just not practical for many, unless theres a shelf piston im not aware of that would fit the build.