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Date:         Fri, 20 Jan 95 21:01:12 EST
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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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