Quench, how much?

Got started assembly the new engine the other day. Installed rotating assembly, and trying to decide on head gasket thickness. It's a 4.5 stroke 6.7  aluminum rod, diamond 14.6 cc dome Pistons are in the hole .012/.013 . Cyl heads are 360 cc tfs a460 with 87 cc chamber. Will be running nitrous- up to about a 250/300 shot. Plan on .041/.045 Cometic head gaskets. Which will give me .054/.058 quench. Grp told me rods would grow .006/.008 at temp. Which leaves .044/.050 quench. Or should I go a little more? Thanks cory

Good IMO

2 wicked wrote:Got started assembly the new engine the other day. Installed rotating assembly, and trying to decide on head gasket thickness. It's a 4.5 stroke 6.7  aluminum rod, diamond 14.6 cc dome Pistons are in the hole .012/.013 . Cyl heads are 360 cc tfs a460 with 87 cc chamber. Will be running nitrous- up to about a 250/300 shot. Plan on .041/.045 Cometic head gaskets. Which will give me .054/.058 quench. Grp told me rods would grow .006/.008 at temp. Which leaves .044/.050 quench. Or should I go a little more? Thanks cory

.051" cometic would be better with aluminum rods. Nitrous doesn't like the piston real close to the head.

Thanks lem, will be going with the .051 gasket. Will be ordering head gaskets next week. Thanks cory