Date:         Fri, 20 Jan 95 21:01:12 EST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject:      Re: compression data

Joel Walker writes:
> 
> bentley sez:
> 
> for air-cooled vanagon engines:
>  nominal ........... 85-131 psi
>  minimum ........... 73 psi
>  max diff .......... 44 psi between any two cylinders
These figures do not seem to be supported by fact. The engine I have has a
compression ratio of 145 psi(air-cooled). The engine that I junked had
cylinders with a compression ratio of 90, 110, 120 and 110 and ran poorly.
A difference of 44 psi seems far too great, usually 10 % is the norm...DC

> 
> for water-cooled vanagon engines (1.9 and 2.1)
>  nominal ........... 145-189 psi
>  minimum ........... 116 psi
>  max diff .......... 44 psi between any two cylinders
> 


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