Well been a while comin.  Been gathering pieces for months and lots of help here is awesome.  Been a good week.  My dad has a finished 1953 Mercury M100 with a flathead.  He was at a truck show this wknd and won a brand new Pro's Pick reproduction bed for my truck WOOHOO.  And dropped off the block and parts for boring 292+0.040" & "0" deck for Egge pistons, balancing the rotating assembly, and cam bearing install.  So my next question is about push rod lengths.  I see there are different sizes.  And seems to be by years.  Well I am using a 1960's block with 1956 ECZ-C heads.  So if the block is skimmed 0.020 and the heads also skimmed at least 0.020 what push rods do you guys think I would probably need?  And do you think there will be problems fitting the intake do to the material removed?

Thanks

Scott

Pushrod length is best determined once the heads are on the engine.  In most instances, a pushrod with an effective length of 8.000” will get you in the ball park though.  Just insure that the pushrods you use have a cup large enough to fully support the ball on the end of the adjuster screw.  Too small a cup will eventually cause a pushrod failure.

 

With only a 0.020” cut on the heads and 0.020” cut on the decks, there should be no intake manifold fit issues if using composition head gaskets.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)