Originally posted by techinspector1
It WILL change the c.r., but it will also change the squish. It's easier to control detonation with a thinner gasket to make a tighter squish even though you will increase c.r. slightly than to try to lower c.r. with a thicker gasket and compromise your squish figure.
I think people might be reading to much into (squish).It is a little over kill to play with decking the block to come up with the right combo or finding the right piston height .Sure I do this, but not on a stocker type rebuild.As long as I don't have more than 9.25 to 1 on a stock rebuild I really don't get that excited about it.Most people don't have the money and or time in a stocker type rebuild to do this.Now when someone try's to build a 550 h.p. small block on pump gas then I will look at.