Fellas to follow up on this one, I bought a dial indicator and assembled the crank and pistons in the block. I measured the block deck to piston top and came with .045" at one end and .050" at the other. Since I'm going to be decking the block I'd like to gain a little extra compression too. If I have the block decked .020" will I have enough valve clearance?
Thanks again for everyone's input so far.