How far can I deck the early Cummins block? I see they make .020 thicker gasket so I imagine at least that far. My thought was decking the block to bump up compression by reducing piston to head clearance. But if I over decked the block then set my clearance by milling the piston tops then I could also reduce bowl volume and further increase compression. Even if I could get away with decking it .030 or .040 I'd be in the money I think

Does anyone have first or second hand experience putting an he351 on a ve truck? Curious on your thoughts

This is my obs ford Im building a full frame from scratch for it with 1 3/4 tubing It's getting an LSD 8.8 rear with 3.08 gears and triangulated 4 link Dana 44 front axle Ve pump Cummins with ratman hotrod parts. BD manifold, home ported heads, p pump injectors that I'll have to adjust the pop pressure on. Head studs and an MLS gasket. Going to deck the block to bring compression up I think if I have .020 piston to head clearance ill have something close to a static 18.5:1. Colt cam big stick with matching springs and 24v tappets I have plans to balance and lighten the pistons rods and crank with a polish afterwards I've purchased a cerakote kit with all of their specialty coatings for the engine including piston top coat which is heat rejecting and the ultra slick for the skirts. I think the piston top coat will work awesome on the heads and inside the ports too to keep heat in the exh and out of the coolant. And high temp manifold coating to keep the manifold and turbo from going orange. The last coating is a heat transfer coating which is supposed to increase heat emmisivity to improve efficiency of coolers like rads or intercoolers. Might be snake oil idk I'll probably use an he351 turbo 4l80 trans with a Quikr controller Going to keep the hydro boost that came with the ford and see if I like it I've heard mixed reviews but I have all the parts to swap it Got the 4 link brackets cut by umake.ca kinda like sendcutsend in Canada The goal is a fun 12v that I can daily and get good mileage out of. I've put a heavy priority on keeping things light If anyone has any experience with MLS gaskets I'd like to hear your story. I know I need to have a tighter finish to get a seal. I had one on my small block and dump all of the guts on the ground before blowing the head gasket. And if anyone has made high compression 12vs I wanna hear about that too.

Looking for a core he 351 cw to rebuild. If anyone has one they'd part with DM me your price and if you can ship it. Located in Ontario will pay for shipping

Alright this is what I've got so far I've turned up the fuel screw I've played with the timing right now it's set to one past c I'm running stock injectors what do y'all think my issue is has throttle response but won't idle after giving it throttle and if I don't touch the throttle it will idle but almost dies then picks back up a little bit