Thanks , I'm just doing what I enjoy. (52 years of racing now ,45 on that car alone)
427heaven , The biggest 8.200 deck height engine "I" know of was made with a Dart iron block and was 409ci. It was a "dyno only" engine with an obscene 4.250 bore. The cylinder walls were paper thin and NOT practical for normal use. 380-390 ci can be had but it is allot of work. An 8.7 deck block could easily go over 400 , a 9.200 to 440 and a 9.5 "could" get close to 480 or so. A 10.29 ( 351M-400) could go bigger.
Randy