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I haven't heard a word from him. From his wife? Oh yes, a whole lot of complaining, yelling, and cursing.

Mal you need to listen to Barnett on this one, those heads are most likely Aussie 302 cleveland and they have very small chambers, around 57cc and will probably not work with flat top pistons, I've tried it and they pinged like crazy, had to enlarge them a bit to lower the comp. Much easier to just start with the correct pistons to match your heads.

i would have them zero deck the block then run cometic .035" thick head gaskets the same size as the bore.

1. You should to change the rear gear ratio then. 2. Get the part number. 3. Better get the part number from them or have them tell you the dome volume. Just tossing n pistons without knowing what compression they will provide is a sure way to have problems and a less than optimal performing engine. 4. xlnt, then you can run around 10.0 static compression. 5. if you get a 200 rpm stall converter it will be easier to roast the tires off the line, plus it will keep the engine from dropping a lot of rpm and lurching etc when the trans is engaged when a high perf cam is used. A numerically higher gear ratio will also help roast the tires.

This is not much of a build thread anymore, more of a potpourri of bs me thinks. But that's just fine with me. Got the Ford 3.70 gears hooked up to the traction loc and N case. Next up is new exhaust via ball sockets at the header collector, and Walker Quiet Flow muffs.