Edelbrock heads on a 340 with KB243 pistons

hemichuck said

I have a buddy who builds small blocks and is more than a little anal about clearances and Im sure that he can probably give me an hour long lecture on the different gaskets and what they will actually compress to. I guess its time to go by and tell him Merry Christmas.

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That would be good to hear! Please post what he tells you.

BTW, the FME catalog DOES give the gasket thicknesses but the listings are a bit vague at to the meaning:
8553 PT: "Manufactured thickness" => .0468-.0572" (So is that variation part to part, or across a single part, or in various levels of compression?)
1008: "Thickness" => .039"