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Old 01-29-2025, 09:15 PM
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What have you found the deck height to be on most blocks that don't appear to have been decked before? I've been seeing around 10.235ish. The reason is that different piston manufacturers such as DSS, Icon, Autotech, Ross, are using various deck height numbers in their calculations for compression height.
I almost always have any blocked decked to ensure that it's square and has a flat surface. That's pretty much a given. But I'm trying to avoid spending the extra money DSS charges for a custom compression height every time I buy pistons from them. The 10.210 assumed deck height they use will pretty much always put the pistons in the hole .020 or more on an uncut or slightly cleaned up block.

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