Small Block & Big Block Chevy Specific - deck measurement.




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fossilrunner
10-01-2009, 02:39 PM
what is the best way to measure how far the piston is down in the hole at tdc. Im getting new headgaskets and im wanting to run a thinner one then the .041 ones I have now.


mrdragster1970
10-01-2009, 03:40 PM
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Dial indicator. Zero on the deck, slide over to piston.

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fossilrunner
10-01-2009, 03:43 PM
thats what I thought. So I do have a magnetic type, and is I set it on the deck and then zero that out and then slide it over


kenSS
10-01-2009, 08:39 PM
thats what I thought. So I do have a magnetic type, and is I set it on the deck and then zero that out and then slide it over

you got it.