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Originally Posted by drooze

Intersting Bruce Bachelder would disagree....and well....in as much as NHRA Tech on Stockers in concerned.....well.

As long as I am + my Gasket in this case .026 (for a 5.7) So I needed to make up .034 for the NHRA Accepted rods and the ONLY 5.7 Accepted pistons. Which these are the multilayer embossed, so a couple sets, pull the rivets, and get it just right.

So I called Bruce, and it was a no brainer, you cant will there to be more metal on the block. and blocks need decked , and so on, as LONG as my heights = what is in the blueprint guide Im kosher.

We also reviewed everything else I was and wanted to do.

Now maybe in the pecking order at the NHRA someone is higher up than him in Stock and Superstock Im not aware of....But I was told by the NHRA a ways back and many others HE is the single guy I need to check with forget div techs etc. Ask 10 questions youll get 10 different answers from Div and even Nat.

Bruce actually KNOWS the DP and the issues surrounding it he is the one who approved and rejected many of the items in use including the heads. And the rear suspension like in the example of Caughlins car when Holt tried something we wanted to do but were told we couldnt. Well he couldnt either. He is one of the ones who had the deck heights changed because of piston spec issues on the 6.1 (everyone complains at advertised CR, do a calc sometime on the 6.1 per the guide...if YOU can get 12.7:1 well.....Id like to see the math)

Zeee Rules I am far from making up or throwing out, every single part that has gone into this is checked and verified as to legality and any items I do of significance like valve job and cutting ID on valve seats is checked before I do it.

Quite to the contrary, I am making 1000% sure Im spot on and if there is an issue it will not be difficult for me to say Hey BB said it was legal we discussed it at length and I have NO doubts he will recal as weve had some very in depth conversations on all these issues.

NOTHING is better than being torn down for me, nothing, if you need it well you pulled a smoker and being able to just sit and smile through it is an awesome feeling with no "nerves" or wow I wonder, or wow I hope, Knowing and having that feeling is well its awesome....to me but Im strange that way.

I do appreciate your concern, and its for a good reason so I dont get bounced, I understand it is not/was not an attack in any way and I do appreciate the concer, right now, at this moment legality is the last of my concern.....one more gremlin to kill...but its daylight now so maybe it turned into something fuzzy and cuddly

I know of many engines in both Division 6 and 7 that have been bounced during tech for having a piston above the deck when it was supposed to be below or at Zero and the owner tried to compensate by the use of a thicker gasket.

I was told the deck dimension and the gasket dimension are separate. Think about it; if the spec calls for a zero deck and your pistons are below the deck, are you going to use a thinner gasket than the spec to compensate for the piston deck?