tkg,

I haven't yet done the measuring to see how much room I have to play with as far as exposing the piston skirt in either opening. Those will come soon.

The direction I go in with the mods will depend on the timing of the ports in its stock configuration.

In addition to the exhaust port, exposing the bottom of the piston in the intake port at TDC would affect the transfer of fuel charge and, if it were to come to that based on some aggressive timing modifications, I would have to trim the piston skirt an appropriate amount in the affected area.

Regards,
Jeff