I thought the heads had to be pretty stock. I know I can do a few tricks to the valves and milling, but i'm thinking thats about it.

No matter what I do, the motor will come down and be reinspeced. At this point it is definetaly about an 8:1 motor. I pulled the head and reverified the depth with a .0001/1" travel indicator and got .095".

Did the deck heigth from the factory have quite a bit of tolerance when they were being built?