My Turn for a Cam question - 318 Build

Cool... at least the shop was creative in getting the CR up. Per what I can find on the Egge version of these (L2050), these pistons should actually be about .010" below the stock 318 LA deck. So you might want to check again. The reliefs look a mite bigger than 5-6 cc's....I'll guess maybe 8 cc's total? Now you're up a tenth or so more for SCR. But still could use some CR help for the altitude.

Now for sure I would be checking the piston to valve clearance with a new cam and those pistons! Hmmm, are the cam and timing chain still on? If you tossed one head back on and lightly bolted it down, with clay on the top half of one piston, and put together a set of the pushrods and a pair of good lifters and the rocker set for that cylinder, you could rotate the engine by hand and see what you have for piston-to-valve clearance now with the present cam lift. (You may have to fill the lifters with some oil to get them to open up the valves right.) Then you would at least have some idea on the clearance you might have with a new cam. Durations and timing will have an effect on it too, but at least you will have a starting point for understanding the clearance.

Do you have a weight on those babies, MO?

No unfortunately I've already tossed the old cam and lifters. Old cam was a stock 340 grind so I think it was .430 / .444 lift. So the comp 252H would be a little less at .425/.425, and the 256H would be a little more lift at .447/.455 So I'm thinking I'd be ok with either, unless I start shaving .040 off the heads to raise compression, then I might have to start worrying about piston to valve issues. Plus it had .050 head gaskets on it before and I'd be going with the .028 gaskets this time.