Think about this, if the piston is above the deck and the stock beaded steel head gaskets where(and are) .022 thick what is going to happen The standard acceptable minimum safe piston the head clearance is .035 No worky very long my friend, your buying misinformation as truth When things don't make sense, their is usually a reason for that
If using 67 heads then yes would be close, but the 68 up have an "open" chamber, made for the 440 bore On a similar note, I have a 383 with the TRW popups with zero deck and 67 heads, blue felpro gasket. That engine had some get up and go.
