I'm confident that there are 7.00 Rods for the 302. If that will get you closer I will have to look, but I may have a set. After Friday I will have some time to open a few boxes and look. I don't have any babbit pounders ot splash oilers so I couldn't be of any help there. The 261 has a decent size combustion chamber. At a .050 (deck plus gasket) you could be over 9:1. How awesome is that!!! Like Ron said, the crank is the weak link here. If you have access to Mag I'd be sure to run it. (as Im sure you already have) 9:1 is a healthy bang. No doubt you are competent, not insinuating you aren't. Just mentioning things worth looking at.
