LA 318 advice
Mill heads and block only to square them up. Manage compression with pistons.
I get ya, if shooting for 1HP/CI or more.
But as I mentioned before, 200 for the block cut, same for the intake (both assumptions) and run it
Vs 500 for pistons, still square the block up, balance it.
I’ll take a 400 $$ route if it’s doable, vs say a 900$$ route on a 235/240 HP engine.
The truck it’s going in weighs 2525 with the L6 it had in it, so should be similar.
As was mentioned, if the block will take .100 (I’ll sonic test it and compare to a SBC block I have) and see. But if .080 is okay to do, then a proper HG will bring it to about 9-1 SCR.
The reason for me to compare to the SBC in regards to the decking, in my younger days, I can recall folks doing .060 on them. But I’ve no idea of the difference yet. But Amazon will deliver the tool I need, next week to compare thickness of each as-is.