i bought this short block many years ago...it was assembled...got a good deal on it..had milodon pan..hughes cam and lifter...It spend about 6 yrs in my 73 duster....it would not pass smog...but a friend took care of me...but that ended ...so engine came out....has low mileage on it...super clean..
3.58/2= 1.79 + 6.123 + 1.675 = 9.588......
if my 360 has a deck height at 9.608.....pistons end up at .020 in hole...
360 block deck heights are usually all over the place from factory...this one has a variation of .003 from front to back ...but is has the same on both banks...which i consider lucky...
i have seen it vary from .010 to .020 from front to back and left to right...
I will use the thin MP head gasket .026....compression works out to be 10.55...good enough..
