Just received word from my machinist, it is at .055 deck height with no deck work being done so far. I told him to deck it as low as he is comfortable with.

According to my calculations, if it stayed at .055 and I did no head machining, it would be 8.5:1 compression.

If he decks it to .035 deck height and I take 2cc's out of the combustion chamber, it'll be 9.02:1 compression, which would be pretty good in my book.

I'll know more once he gets done, for now I'm just hoping he isn't overzealous and I'm not mis-calculating!