Newbie squish questions

[m in sc]

redo it with just 2 pcs of solder crossed as an x. 4 sperate pcs may have shifted.

as far as doweling, the tried and true way is 2 small dowels one fore and after of the bore thru the head gasket. however, on a relatively stock bike its an nth degree that really doesn't matter.

[Vintagewannabe]

Tried the x of solder, pulled the head to the back, and torqued to the full 15ftlb. All on left cylinder
Only noteable change is the back left and front right almost evened out at .88-.89mm. The back left stayed tight at .74mm and front right was .98mm.
On the note of stock or not, it has a vitos crank, wiseco pistons, a mild port, and cut for 400 headgaskets

[Vintagewannabe]

Put on some new oem base gaskets and got some numbers I like better.