I Might Have Found Something Pretty Cool.....

Rusty, I had to swap head gaskets around based on my cam and piston clearance.
Do you have a copper gasket?
The one I have here is around .040, close to the perm-a-seal composite.
My steel was .020.

I know as you close in on the build you will figure that out.

I was just re-reading this thread, pretty darn cool.
I noticed the supports on the number 1 and last rocker shaft support.
Never noticed that before.

I have since acquired several of the original stock thin steel head gaskets. They'll compress down to around .018 to .020. So that, plus about the .010 the pistons sit down in the hole will be quench.