first off
second off
Thick gaskets will increase the combustion chamber therefore decreasing the compression ratio. Increasing the piston-to-head (quench) clearance is a simple way to reduce the CR and is a lot cheaper than doing a dish piston or machining your head.
i personally would not just gamble with a random thicker head gasket though because u can effecivly ruin your “squish” area altogether. so…like i said before, cost effect but not ideal. i have seen many many engine builders do this to NA cars when built for boost and have them work just fine.
so Jon, your right about me not knowing a ton about engine building, but thats like me saying u dont know shit about designing a large caliper weapon.