Check my work-Chime in please

OK.... that must be the KB calculator; they work from the .005" lift and add 15*. I don't consider that the most accurate way.....

OK, so let's be clear on how you measured the .500" below deck number. Did you move the piston down until the top of the dome was .500" below the deck surface, or did you move the top of the dome down .500" from it's position at TDC?