Man I'm gonna be hanging it out here for a few folks to give it a free kick but here it goes. (Easy on me Pat) Got the .040" + 350 4 bolt on the stand cleaned and painted. Did the preassembly and got a .030" deck height with recon rods(w/arps) and H345NP Speedpro pistons 10:2-1@ 64cc. My gasket set on the bench is th FelPro KS2600 with a uncompressed .048" headgasket.
My heads are 462's, 61 cc with 2.02's,.550" springs, 1.6 rollers. The cam is a comp cams 280H. I know I need a .035"-.040" quench. I believe I need .100" clearance on the intake valve/.080" on the exhaust for piston to valve clearance. For my quench, if I sit .030" down in the block, I will need at most a .015" head gasket, correct??? Then If I understand this right @1.6 my .480 lift will be 510". If my intake is gonna open .510" and I'm already tight with a .015" gasket, how is this gonna work. How do you get the "happy" between the v/p clearance and a correct squish????? I have to order my light springs to check the vp myself, but should I be anticipating problems here or am I JUST FREAKING OUT because of ignorance (been known to do that). Anyway HELP!! I'm just missing something obviously. OK Tech, Eric, Dave, have at me.