[FC] compression check

[Tom St.Amand]

Thanks for your input so far, Ill try to answer as many of the Questions I can.
The motor has sat unused for seven years I believe before I got it the block says it's a 95 horse motor I'll get down to the garage in a few days and see if the head numbers match. That sounds like a good place to start. I used a Proto hand held compression gauge to check and did each hole at least twice with the same readings and the carbs were off when I ran the check. I got about a teaspoon of oil ( 3 squirts ) in each cylinder to do the ring check.
As a side note I have good spark and have static timed it but no luck getting it fire up There is gas to the carbs but no luck.  my next test is to take a known good set of carbs and swap them.

Thanks, Tom
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Diane Galli<mailto:rdgalli at tcsn.net> 
  To: The Corvanatics list<mailto:corvanatics at corvair.org> 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [FC] compression check


  I have also found that compression tests made on an engine that does not 
  have all the lifters pumped up can give erroneous readings on the high side 
  due to shorter overlap times
       Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Larry Forman" <Larry at forman.net<mailto:Larry at forman.net>>
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  Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [FC] compression check


  > 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<mailto:BobHelt at aol.com>>
  >>To: <corvanatics at corvair.org<mailto:corvanatics at corvair.org>>; <Corvanatics at corvair.org<mailto: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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