I just got back my heads and p&c from the machine shop. The P&C were reconditioned and the heads rebuilt. The heads were fly-cut as were the tops of the cylinders as the mating surface was rough.
My rebuild thread is here ->
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=298777
In measuring my deck height it looks like I need about 1.25mm of base gaskets - and perhaps more. The pistons are max moritz 98mm, the cylinder as max moritz as well - the case is a 3.0SC as are the heads.
I'm starting to wonder if the heads should have been chamfered to accept the larger diameter pistons. If not, does 1.25 cylinder base gaskets sound reasonable???