Compression/head gasket selection. 360

Yeah it will do nothing for you except slow you down,lol

I have ALMOST the exact same engine specs, except mine is bored .040, and I run a Hughes HE3037AL cam (230/237@.050); and have been running it since 2004,with the pistons averaging .005 ABOVE deck, with the .039 FelPros, and at an SCR of 10.95 or better. The Quench averages to .034 with one a lil tighter at .032.
This engine runs funtastic!...
on 87E10,
in a streeter,
for well over 100,000 miles,
at 32* PowerTiming, all in by 3400.
I have run it with more timing, and all-in sooner, but found that my butt-dyno did not know the difference, so I run it easy. This same 32* at 3400 got my race-weight 3467# 68 Barracuda, to 93mph in the 660, at 900ft, on a Hot July afternoon...... with 3.55s and a Commando 4-speed/GVod, splitting gears, yes;still on 87E10.
We (my 16 year old son and I), drove 30 minutes to the track, ran the number, bought the Tee shirts,had lunch, watched the dragsters; then went home.
I took that engine apart every winter for the first 5 years, and never saw a sign of a problem traceable to too much pressure. The last time it was apart was winter of 04/05
My point is ; don't WASTE the pressure potential. Mine cranks about 177 to 180 psi. (It has run 185psi on 87E10 with a different combo; 11.3Scr and MP292/108 cam).

BTW
The KB TOP ring-gap factor of .0065, is, IMO, too tight.
My engine ran hot, could not be cured of that in the usual ways, and would lock up almost every time I shut it off. Sometimes I would have to wait 30 minutes before the Dakota mini-starter could crank it up.
I took the engine out and opened the gaps up to the "street/towing" spec of .0080 factor, which worked out to .032 on the top ring. For the Second ring,I used the published KB spec + .002 so .028 .. That instantly solved the problem.
I just filed my rings this morning I used the .008 gap factor I set mine to .032 end gap