@Rat Bastid Well, when I asked about decking the block and perhaps shaving the heads, he said that he would need to take off too much material and that there would be no way it would fit.
I had to take over .100 off my decks to get the pistons .057 or whatever they are (I forget exactly how far out they are…it may be .057 or it may only be .054…it’s one or the other) so it can be done.
Either change pistons (and you’ll likely still need to mill the decks) or mill the decks.
You don’t need all that other **** for what you are doing.