qoute from eric gorr from that same thread. qoute: If I had some spare time and a slab of billet to widdle upon, I'd build a head for the KX500 that looks like this.
Removable and can be shimmed for piston clearance. Shaped with a 2-4 degrees divergent squish.
Roostdaddy, he need to read this thread to see what he also was recommending, maybe that 15-18 degree squish was for pump gas.