**** 360 Piston Options ****

Hi gang, the boys and I are building a 360 and I just got done doing research on piston options for our engine...

The problem in picking pistons is that the manufacturers seem to pick some random compression height for the piston, and then give the "piston dome" volume as another +/- number to help confuse things a bit.

I went to the Summit Racing web site and did a piston search for 360's and came up with a few options for pistons and then calculated what compression that they would be in my engine...

the engine that I'm starting with has already been checked for compression, and I came out to 7.5:1 in my how to check compression thread here:

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=278215


Now taking that info and backing it into the specs listed for the pistons, I would end up with these options for pistons. Keep in mind that I'm looking for options to increase my compression to be between 9.0 - 9.5...


From the previous thread, my info is:

Cyl head = 69 cc
Head Gasket = 12.4 cc
Volume above piston = 34 cc
Compression height = 1.572"
Swept Volume for the cylinder = 752 cc
Area of the cylinder = 12.819 cc