Back to the machine shop...

Calculating everything out I realized that my quench area between the quench block on my pistons and the open chamber is .040" without head gasket. I'm looking for .035" with HG, so I have to take the block back in to zero deck it. Crap. Guess I will have to get the intake milled a little also.
I have too much work in the 213 iron heads to switch, and being iron I need all the detonation resistance I can get, so I guess it's worth it. Sucks because I though I was ready for balance and assembly.

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You are picking the fly poop out of the pepper. There isn't a single horsepower or any detonation resistance if you can get to .050. You can just buy thinner head gaskets from Cometic. No reason to get anywhere near. 035.