Hey thanks everyone for your ideas,The pistons are Seal Power flat tops Hyperutectic with the teflon skirts and the pin height set up for 5.7 rods. I believe the book said 9.5 compression ratio w/ 76 cc heads. Heads have 1.94 intakes and 1.60 exhaust. I'm running headers w/ Flowmasters and 2 1/2" out the back, breathing shouldn't be a problem. I think right now I'm going to run Straight 30 wt. oil and add a quart of Lucas oil additive.
As far as the Distributor I'm limited to a small size bodied one because of firewall clearance. (55 chevy) I'm really going to have to work on that timing. Probably going to dump on the vaccum advance and run just centrifical.
As far as deck height, the shop just kissed the block and heads anough to clean things up. I'm guessing .015 total and I'm just running the standard Blue permatorque fel-pro gaskets.
By the way whats the opinion on the Melling 10555 pump?
Also someone ask me about water temp. I'm running a new 4 row core radiator w/schroud and a good stainless fan. No problems, 180 degree's