73 Swinger Ratty Daily Driver Project

Well it appears I have reached an impass. These flat tops sit right at about .100 in the hole...so the cam I want to run will absolutely kill the dynamic compression in this thing and be a pig. I get 8.5:1 with a 70cc chamber and a .040 gasket thickness. So now I’m gonna have to call up the machine shop and see if they will work with me at all on getting the squeeze up on this thing.

If I take another .020 off the deck and run an .027 gasket that comes out to around 9.1:1 which I would be much happier with but I’m gonna have to get price quotes and decide if it’s worth in to just take it all back apart and have more work done or throw my HE-268 single pattern in it and live with the low compression. Call me anal, but I HATE seeing a motor that’s this sloppy in the deck clearance!