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yellow rose said

I saw what jpar ordered. He’s fine. The smaller the bore in the gasket without hanging in the bore the better off you are. Crevice volume increases for no reason suck.

Also, the top of the piston is under nominal bore size, so even though he is .010 out of the deck he’s just fine.

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Thanks for the clarification. That makes sense, especially for a street engine that won't be pushed to it's limits.
On my 4.38" bore, I chickened out because the gasket was just barely sticking out over the very tiny chamfer that was put on the top of the cylinder bore after machining. I was afraid of torching the gasket there, and the more I tried reading about it, the more it looked like around .030" gasket oversize was preferred, so I just went ahead and bought the bigger ones. Live and learn, I guess.