[DeTomaso] 351c Deck Height?

[Ken Green]

I have seen 351C head gasket descriptions with thickness between .027 and .120 (some even thicker):
http://www.jegs.com/p/Cometic-Gaskets/Cometic-Ford-351C-351M-400-Cylinder-Head-Gaskets/2849496/10002/-1
Seems like you could just get the right head gasket after the short block is done?
Ken
       From: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
 To: "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com> 
 Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 11:34 AM
 Subject: [DeTomaso] 351c Deck Height?
   
  Yes, the standard answer for centerline of crank mains to head surface
  is 9.206" for a 351 Cleveland.A  What's funny is that my 30-yr-old
  "Ford Performance" book states that the '71 Boss 351 block was between
  9.201" and 9.211" and the rest of the 351 blocks are 9.213".A  I'm sure
  the 9.206" height I find in most literature is the average of 9.201"
  and 9.211".A  My machinist claims that most blocks are on the high side
  of the specified deck height.A  Not being a machinist, I can't tell one
  way or another.A  The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to order
  pistons with the correct pin (compression) height and there's a readily
  available piston in a 0.020" overbore from Probe that fits, but it
  wouldn't give much room for surfacing the block deck if the deck height
  is 9.201".A  I'm not sure I have the tools to accurately measure deck
  height.A  The machinist said he usually checks for warping and height
  with the pistons at four corners, but isn't that a little too late?
  Corey

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   I have seen 351C head gasket descriptions with thickness between .027
   and .120 (some even thicker):
   [1]http://www.jegs.com/p/Cometic-Gaskets/Cometic-Ford-351C-351M-400-Cyl
   inder-Head-Gaskets/2849496/10002/-1
   Seems like you could just get the right head gasket after the short
   block is done?
   Ken
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
   To: "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 11:34 AM
   Subject: [DeTomaso] 351c Deck Height?
     Yes, the standard answer for centerline of crank mains to head
   surface
     is 9.206" for a 351 Cleveland.A  What's funny is that my 30-yr-old
     "Ford Performance" book states that the '71 Boss 351 block was
   between
     9.201" and 9.211" and the rest of the 351 blocks are 9.213".A  I'm
   sure
     the 9.206" height I find in most literature is the average of 9.201"
     and 9.211".A  My machinist claims that most blocks are on the high
   side
     of the specified deck height.A  Not being a machinist, I can't tell
   one
     way or another.A  The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to order
     pistons with the correct pin (compression) height and there's a
   readily
     available piston in a 0.020" overbore from Probe that fits, but it
     wouldn't give much room for surfacing the block deck if the deck
   height
     is 9.201".A  I'm not sure I have the tools to accurately measure deck
     height.A  The machinist said he usually checks for warping and height
     with the pistons at four corners, but isn't that a little too late?
     Corey
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References

   1. http://www.jegs.com/p/Cometic-Gaskets/Cometic-Ford-351C-351M-400-Cylinder-Head-Gaskets/2849496/10002/-1
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