318 piston's and quench

Dan the man said

Haven't bought a block yet. I've heard the 302 casting's are great for a budget build up. If I used those piston's & left them at 0.067" in the hole would I still have to worry about piston to valve clearance? Would it be a dog with that much quench? I've heard that the KB piston's are more trouble then they are worth, is this true. Also anyone know about 1.500"? Heard they are suppose to be good for torque but I can't find any.

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I'm running a stock '69 318, when I pulled the heads the pistons were .039 in the hole. If I remember correctly the stock heads had 69CC chambers. The 302 castings I replaced the stock heads with were also 69CC chambers. My factory stock compression was 9.2:1 (according to the Factory Service Manual). So if your piston are .067 in the hole and you use 302 casting with the stock gasket you will probably have 8.6:1 or maybe 8.7:1 CR.

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