Compression Issue (thin head gaskets??)

IQ52 said
If you go through all this trouble to gain 1/2 point of compression, you may gain 6 HP in the 318. Is 6 HP worth it?

the 8.5 would have been with the small bore head gasket... i ran all the other heag gaskets thru the calc. and got a 7.8:1 best...

so were looking for at least high 8's....

as far as hp we could careless... its the tq... its for a 46 dodge