Made my own piston stop and located true Top Dead Center (TDC) – new harmonic balancer was 1° retarded.
Checked the cam, and the duration was slightly different than the cam card (but the same as current specs). Cam needed to be advanced 6° to be in spec – good thing I degree’d the cam!
Heads went on with a Felpro 1094 steel shim gasket shortly afterwards.
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