Math time: A 512 engine has 1049cc swept volume. To get to 10.5:1 compression divide swept volume by 9.5. That's 110cc.
ASSUME: Piston at zero deck, 12cc head gasket, 5cc valve pockets, 84cc head = 101cc. That's going to get you 11.4:1.

You need to lose 9cc from the half of the piston not under the squish area. Let's say you use a 3.5" circle, you need a half circle 0.0115" deep. That's with all my other assumptions.

It's just math.

What I think you and your engine builder are missing is that you don't have to buy the crank, rods and pistons as a kit. If you buy the pistons separately, you can get exactly what you need. Buying a piston with too large a dish and then milling a brand new head to get the compression ratio you need is IMHO pretty dumb.
Hogging out the combustion chambers to 93cc is also dumb, that's quite a bit of aluminum and you don't want to lose the squish pad area. So that makes the amount taken out of half the chamber pretty big.

R.

Last edited by dogdays; 05/03/17 06:34 PM.