Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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Originally Posted by cadillac512
If you have one of those profile checking/transferring tools that is a bunch of hard wires that slide in a flat central sleeve, they are really handy for checking how a piston fits in a cylinder head dome. Rough, but handy reference data. Also, remember that as the heads are milled the dome decreases in diameter and may get close to the pistons around the perimeter depending on how far down the pistons are at TDC.
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Terry, The more I learn about the process I am now involved in, the more I understand the principles you put forth here. At the time I couldn't visualize the piston shape as relates to head shape. Now I understand why I need to get a contour gauge as I bring my heads around to conform. You also called it on piston height as I really had to grind to get the outer perimeter into the realm of .040, and still not there yet. Others here as well have offered excellent advice that I didn't quite understand, but should have, as this territory was so new to me. I have always been a 'visual learner', the type that has to take tools in hand and almost ruin something in order to finally get it. This is not to infer that I know jack **** about cylinder heads, but I'm getting a taste for sure. Thanks to all of you.
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