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My heads are on there way here and I'm holding off on head gaskets to check P to V and make final gasket selection based on that clearence to maximize my quench.

Well here's were I'm at;
The heads are 62cc 5.3 heads with 2.02" intake and stock dia exhaust Manley pro-flo valves. The cam is an F14 so things are going to be tight. I can get a set of stock MLS gaskets (still be checking P to V) and be ready to assemble or I can wait until I measure and then order gaskets...possibly being able to go with a thinner Cometic or Fel-Pro?

I was shooting for 11:1 CR and if I use This calculator I come up with 11.3:1 with .054" gasket. If I use This calc I get 10.8-10.9:1.

I'm not as conerned with CR as I am with quench. All these numbers look good on paper, but what is the reality of performance gains versus the extra headache I'm creating?

I'm really thinking about just getting a set of MLS gaskets and not make things more difficult than need be.

What are some opinions of the group here?

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ttt, back to the 1st page.

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How much are your pistons out of the hole?

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Don't know yet (.000 to .007 nets a 0.02:1CR change) The motor is still assembled in stock trim with just over 2,500 miles on it. I'm assuming (big A) the standard .007", but until I get it apart I won't know for sure. There are no shops around here within 50 miles that I could pick up anything other than OEM gaskets so if I wait until it's down it would either be 100 mile round trip to Summit Racing or 5-10 days to mail order a set of non OEM gaskets.

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IMHO I'd be more concerned with DCR than the SCR number. I dont know what the .006 specs are for that cam. i would would go for the thinner aftermarket, .040 or .045

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Double post, disregard this one.