340 Static Compression Numbers and Test Procedure

Followed Vizard down the rabbit hole once - that was an interesting, confusing journey. Never would have made it back out without Tuner, Shrinker, and some of the others that contributed to the Innovatemotorsports forum. DV is a good writer and smart cookie but ....

Sometimes we just got to make work what we've got. Or at least we think we do. Often we can do that messing with timing and fuel mixtures etc. That's basically what @340inabbody was hoping to do here. Get some understanding of the engine build and work around it, and tune it to work better, as good as we can.
However at some point there is a limit. Shrinker always was always saying that everything can't be fixed with fuel preparation. Build the engine 'right' and the related systems fall into place.

So that really does tie back to 340inabbody's engine. The valve events as well as the compresion, the piston and cylinder shapes etc are all related to how the fuel gasifies and burns at different rpms and loads.
The question at this point seems to be what is the best plan for @340inabbody ?
Continue on current path?
..that is, measure the cam timing events, then pull the intake and heads

..or, take the engine out.
Then do some measurements and a partial or full teardown