13:1 Compression Pistons in 340 Small Block

SLOPAR72 said

You said a mouthful right here..... Having thrown dollars at a project based on a single component (pistons to be exact) the best advice I can give is don't do it. I am sure there are people who got lucky and made it work but starting off with a single component and then trying to make everything fit is a recipe for disaster....

JW

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Can you elaborate on what you are saying here.
I do not see how you can successfully build an engine without considering the inter action of all the other major components that will go with it. Eg if you were to build a race engine around the new
Edelbrock Victor head, the Pistons would have to be custom made with 16 degree instead of the standard 18 degree valve reliefs.
Or if you have a .030 over bore block but a standard bore piston.
Just not sure what you mean.