Compression

moper said

On the pistons.. I'd rather have the rings down a little and zero deck than have the dead gasket space around each piston for liquid fuel to get trapped and cause problems (detonation starts in such areas). The head gasket is aband aid.. Truthfully, any future build would have the block square decked anyway... So the pistons are not unusable. Just a hair shorter.
On the cam, yes, I'm talking about something in the area of .580-.590 lift or more. Because (a) the heads flow well up there, and (b) the lash and angles take away about .040" of lift on a solid flat tappet. With the 11.2 you wont have any issues with a softer low end power level...lol.

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Thanks again Moper for the good info. I went to the machine shop today and there going to mill off the .09 off the pistons(this will give me zero deck) and balance the assembly next week. The cam profile sounds good, I want to be able to ease out of the hole with my 4 spd, 4:30 gears and make pulling power, with out side stepping the clutch @ 3500 and breaking **** like I have been. I know I won't get peak E.T. out of it, but I am thinking 1800-2200 out of the hole and let the motor do the work. I know this will have to be done in the cam profile, and I think the lower the duration like you said the more capable I am going to be able to do this. any more suggestions?
T.J.