The Ford Barn

GB SISSON · 08-18-2025, 02:47 PM

I made an improvised 'doming head' from old V8 parts on my 276 stroker build a couple of years ago. This did a good job of cleaning up and finishing the somewhat crude hand grinder work I did in sculpting out the bowls with an angle grinder. Not sure how to link parts of an old post into this one, or to interject some of the photos. Therefore until someone smarter than me can do that, go to my build thread '276 stroker from 35 years of parts' and go to page 13 is where the discussion on clearance/squish area/foil balls starts and maybe on page 15 or so I come up with this crazy apparatus. You would need an extra block and a few junk parts to construct one.

08-18-2025, 02:47 PM	#10
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Piston hitting heads! I made an improvised 'doming head' from old V8 parts on my 276 stroker build a couple of years ago. This did a good job of cleaning up and finishing the somewhat crude hand grinder work I did in sculpting out the bowls with an angle grinder. Not sure how to link parts of an old post into this one, or to interject some of the photos. Therefore until someone smarter than me can do that, go to my build thread '276 stroker from 35 years of parts' and go to page 13 is where the discussion on clearance/squish area/foil balls starts and maybe on page 15 or so I come up with this crazy apparatus. You would need an extra block and a few junk parts to construct one. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)