2270 Deck Height and CR, Pistons sitting proud of the deck, how many shims is too many shims? Options

[vjb206]

Hey folks! I have the bottom-end of my 2270 assembled and spinning freely. Thanks to all who helped me get to this point!

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To quickly recap: I bought the 2257 kit from AA Pistons (78mm stroke, 5.158" rods, etc.). And when I threw a P&C on for a test-fit last weekend, I immediately noticed the piston sitting proud of the deck height at TDC (negative deck) by about 2mm.

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Before I overreact, or buy the wrong stuff, I thought I'd ping the community...

1. Is this normal for a stroker set-up?
2. Can you stack multiple shims when getting up into the .06 >> .09 range?
3. (If no-stack) What's the best place to have custom shims cut?
4. I recall Jake saying using large shims requires lots of advance, anyone have experience here? What am I looking to adjust for upon start-up?

Once I figure out whether or not this is normal (I.E. verifying that I don't have to backtrack), I'll get into the CR questions (just waiting on clear plastic from Amazon so that I can measure my CC volume this weekend) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Thanks!

[technicalninja]

@vjb206

I used a .140 shim. No head gasket. I lapped the cylinders to the head. Rods were machined as described in #5 in attached Tech Bulletin. I used Manton CrMo pushrods. Buy n extra pushrod and make your own adjustable push rod. The tips on the adjustable push rod that I used were not the same and caused measurement error. It is possible to stack washers in the pushrod tube bore to space out stock pushrods. EMS sells stroker tubes.

EMS? Link me?

If you haven't figured it out yet.
https://www.europeanmotorworks.com/vw/type-4-engine-parts

This list is really good as well. Stickyed at the top of the "garage" page.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361087

I LIKE the rubber band idea!
Best "rod holder" I've seen yet...