[FC] compression check

Larry Forman Larry at forman.net
Mon Sep 26 01:00:10 EDT 2005


Did you check the compression with the throttle wide open?  I have had an 
engine run higher numbers when the throttle was NOT opened.  I really don't 
know why, but happened once to me.

Larry

At 09:08 PM 9/25/2005 -0700, Merv Krull wrote:
>I am kinda freaked by those numbers too!!! What is the rest of the story here?
>Merv Krull
>Salmon Arm, BC
>----- Original Message ----- From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
>To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <Corvanatics at corvair.org>
>Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [FC] compression check
>
>
>>In a message dated 9/25/05 7:36:50 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>>lumppytom at hotmail.com writes:
>>
>>>175, 180 and 175 respectively and 2, 4 and 6 were 200, 185 and 205.
>>
>>Hi Tom,
>>That's some engine you've got there. I'd be more worried about those high
>>readings. What CR are you running?
>>Regards,
>>Bob Helt



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