So my assumption that a steel crank engine in a 72 was a leftover 71 is incorrect so these 72 engines were built to 72 specs, I.E. dished pistons and not leftover engines built to 71 specs, I.E. flat tops.
Wrong again.
The low compression 1972 engines have FLAT TOP pistons. They are just really short to give the low compression.
Here's a screen shot from the video I made where I was removing a broken head bolt from my 1972 440. The bottom end is dead stock. This piston was at TDC and you can see how far down it is.
