Does anyone know what the dome CC is on these Jahns pistons? I am going to be using these in a 1955 265 engine and am trying to figure out what my compression would be.
That is covered here: https://auto.jepistons.com/blog/how-to-calculate-engine-compression-ratio-and-displacement
Thanks for the link, I'll read that over. I guess it would help if I uploaded the pictures of my pistons. Here they are.
Cover piston top with a light coating of grease. Lap 3-4 layers around the piston with 2-3” masking tape. Fill with plaster-of-paris. Remove. Measure hole. I bought a plastic barrette on line for a few bucks and now do every cylinder head and piston top. What you don’t know can hurt you. … . Boy. Those are some old castings.
From the side, they look very similar to a set of Z28 302" pistons I had, that had the higher 12 to 1 compression ratio. (Not the 11:0 to 1 pistons.) And Z28 pistons are slightly longer from the first ring to the edge of the piston dome.
It would seem that the company continues on in some fashion: https://powersports.jepistons.com/our-history It could be worth giving them a call.
Heavy pistons... I had a set for my .06 over, 409, years back. They musta weighed 10# each ! Oh and DON'T go by the Jahns, "piston to wall" clearance spec. It's for race engines, and probably on nitro. Better to go a coupla thousandths (or more !) tighter. Ask me how I know. a whole story's worth. Mike