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The engine block is a D1ve(1971 lincoln) with the dove-c heads. So the deck height should work out to the .051 figure. Thanks Paul for all of your help and Tech too. Glad I didn't go for higher...

Hey Denny nice to see you back.:D
Tech thanks for the clarification and calculations. I'd never heard of squish before. I know the reason we went with the dished pistons was to lower the...

Paul I talked with Casey in Wa. today. He said they bored it over.040 and got 200lbs compression on each cylinder, so I think it should be o.k. on 91 octane pump gas. Let me know what you think....

Thanks Pat. Was shooting between 9.5 to 10.0 so that will work just fine.

trying to calc. compression ratio on the 1971 460 with Dove c heads aprox 75.8 cc
bore 4.36 plus 30 over, and stroke 3.85. The pistons are dished .230. Any help would be appreciated.