Explain Quench to me.....GO!

much good info but like nm9s said there is a big piece missing for us mopar folks useing certain factory heads. 1968+ big block, many 318, all 340 and early 360 heads have a fully round open chamber with a recessed area where we want quench. I measured this recess on a 340 head at .090". so a copied chevy small block article that states "quench is nothing more than the piston in the hole depth plus the head gasket thickness" is lacking for many mopar engines. for engines with fully round open chambers quench is the piston in the hole depth plus head gasket thickness plus head recess
BTW, the KB243 pistons have a step up on the piston that can be used to fill that gap to some degree. You will still have to do some decking or head shaving (about the thickness of the head gasket or a bit more) to get it down to a usable quench gap with the open head.