Jerry had suggested Buick 215 CI pistons. I looked at them but the piston crown was 1/8" below the deck and they have a dish in them, reducing the compression ratio quite a bit. Egge Machine came up with the 1950 Chrysler pistons. They had them in 0.080 oversize which turned out to be about 0.015 OS for the 3.5" standard bore of a 216, and the piston pins were slightly smaller than the 216-235 pins, so I sent them a set of pins and they fitted them to the pistons. That eliminated the need to bush the small ends of the connecting rods. Also, as mentioned the piston crown turned out barely proud of the block deck, so maximizes the compression ratio. Of course if the 216 block had already been bored, I'd have been out of luck, as the Chrysler pistons would have been too small even in 0.080 OS.
