Any advice on my 440 recipe?

PROSTOCKTOM said
If you just intend for this to be a low dollar street engine I wouldn't even bother buying pistons. Just cut the deck height on the block down. I've done this dozens of time and it will raise the compression faster than trying to find a new piston that you probably don't really need in the first place. I wrote a pretty in depth thread or reply on here on the forum about how to do it along with every detail you need to know doing it this way.

Tom

Not to argue at all, but it may be easier to shave the heads, yes? Direct Connection Performance Handbook recommends this and he wouldn't need to tear down the short block. 0.060 off the heads and correct about from the intake surfaces will bring up to ~9.8, I believe it says.