odd stroker combo.

yellow rose said

If you use aluminum rods you ain’t going to run .039 deck clearance. I’ve run as tight as .055 with them and I was cleaning off the little bit of carbon there was.


RPM, piston weight and how flexible all your parts are will determine minimum piston to head clearance but it won’t be much under .050 for sure.

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I don’t know how I got away with it but years ago (still have short block) I bought a 498 short block with pistons .03 in the hole. 4.15 MP crank, 7.3 BME, 1.3 JE. I took it apart to freshen and had block decked .030.
Re Oringed block and Reused the .04 sce copper gaskets that it came with. Added 440-1 heads and a 200 shot and never had a problem. ......8.90s @ 150, Guess I was lucky

Just read .060 on BME site, I’m gonna have to take a closer look at the short block and gaskets. Heads are long gone.
Maybe I’m wrong