Originally Posted by Since1822
Wondering what acceptable deck height variance is after machine work is done?

505" stroker and the variance is .004 between lowest and highest. Good or no good??
Another question, I have the icon 842 inverted dome pistons, eagle crank and 7.1 scat Rods- pistons in the hole .010-.014 with 440 source heads- Question is what Head gasket thickness recommendation?
I'm guessing use the .027 or .030?

Thanks


I'd say that is normal for a typical bracket race type of engine. When you use off the shelf parts you'll have tolerances for stroke, rod length and piston deck height. Add up those three tolerances and you'll get a few thou of variation from top to bottom. This is assuming that your deck is square. If the deck isn't square then you have another tolerance in the mix. I wouldn't worry about it unless you're a class racer. If you're a class racer then you probably should've had the crank indexed and you should've bought 3 or 4 sets of rods so you could pick the 8 that matched.