.042 deck with no shims, CR of 11.3. Cam is C20 with 1.4:1 rockers. Heads are 044 castings, no port work and I think 40x35.5 valves with single high rev springs. I figure I'm going to add barrel shims to get the CR down a bit. I'd like to build this thing with the parts I have on hand but if a cam change would make this thing run on US 87 octane I could scrounge up a few bucks.
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Take the piston deck up some - .042" is scary-tight for a 90.5 bore, and with a little more you'll still have good "quench".
I'd go with .055" and 55cc chambers (or .050" and 56cc), that'd give you 8.4:1 static and a chance of getting away with 87 (R+M)/2 gas.
Even better, mill a shallow flat dish in the piston top and remove less from the head. For example, a 2" dia dish .060" deep would add ~3cc unswept volume and still leave a >3/4" wide quench pad around the perimeter.
I was able to get the chambers up to 50cc and put a .020 shim under the barrel to get down to 8.8:1 static. The cam and long(ish) rods get the dynamic down to 7.9:1. The engine should be running this week.
4K miles on this engine and it runs great except needs 89 to not ping. Not a terrible situation but missed my goal. Marc was probable spot on with .050" and 55cc but I wasn't comfortable removing any more material from the heads I had and I thought more deck would kill quench and cause other issues.