building a mild Daily driver 318

AJ/FormS said
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Again you missed it. I was not suggesting this build. It was a comparo of dollars spent to results; showing for the same money spent, yadayadayada.

And how did I introduce it?..."Here's something to think about in this dilemma"

Maybe I'm denser than I imagined. I'm sorry if I'm not getting it.

Your initial thought is the problem. We don't start with a zero deck piston. We shoot for a compression ratio. Like most things, the more we think about something, the closer we get to what we want. No worries.