It was the same rod and piston measured in all 4 corners when I measured deck height. The compression ratio will decrease on the even cylinders (2,4,6,8) from 10.16 to 10.09, so seven hundreths of a point. I decided I’m willing to deal with it and I’m sure I won’t notice any lost horsepower on the street. Quench will still be in a healthy .042-.046” range with a .039 gasket which should combine with just 10.1static CR for a good pump gas motor.

But yeah if I was only building a motor and not getting stretched thin building a hotrod to put it in I would be decking .013 on the driver side, matching it on the passenger side, and shopping for a .050 gasket. I’m also a little greedy for time because I don’t have a mock up block and still have to fabricate motor and trans mounts and build a floor firewall and trans tunnel.

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