Radiator cap replacement for non stock aluminum radiator

straight edge across top to the sealing flange inside where the rubber pressure ring would sit inside. That is your depth. see this and plug in your depth
Radiator and Expansion Tank Caps | Gates Corporation
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See that's the odd thing.... I drop the back side of my caliper in there and I get about .785.

When I click the gates link to the closest by depth.. the spec for the caps is far less than that.