The importance of a torque plate

Just curious, do you think the deck thickness has a bearing? I would think so.
Yeah sure, deck thickness, water jacket location, distance of head bolts, I did a LS block recently & man do those suckers hone out nice, i was asking my boss why it didn't have any distortion after I pulled the plates. He just pointed to the bolts and water jackets. They have a nice thick deck too.
Big block Mopar on the other hand 100% need torque plates, it is a long cylinder. They're actually a ***** to machine unless a guy has newer machines lol