Originally Posted by mkent

Tranny was great for the little bit i used it. I had a little mishap installing it...my dumb butt busted the case due to the convertor not being fully seated! lol live and learn i guess... but boy does it shift hard...and i love it!

usually in those online calculators when it asks for deck height, USUALLY, its looking for a measurement of how much the top surface of the piston sits below the plane of the deck height. it should be (-) if it is below and (+) if it is above deck height (being above just sounds like piston-valve clearance problems to me!). It should be measured in .001 increments. I used a feeler gauge for mine and it was basically the same as stock. There are diagrams online that demonstrate the geometry of these measurements...i can't remember from which point the deck height is measured...if Chad says that's what it is, then i believe him.

Whatever you do...if you're building your own engine...double check that you installed your piston rings are not installed UPSIDE down! I'm almost positive that I will find 8 Total Seal Gapless top rings installed upside down when I tear my engine back apart in a few weeks... I'm learning alot of tough lessons on this first build of mine, but it sure is fun!

Originally Posted by Tricked-Out-Toy

What is the stock piston height? It would be nice to know it before I have to order pistons......