Fellow Wedge-ophiles-
What started as a "just get it going and enjoy" has now turned a little
sour. The results from my compression test are in and not pretty....
1 95
2 105
3 112
4 100
5 120
6 95
7 100
8 45 (yes, 45...)
(sigh)
I was hoping to get away w/ a bearing and timing chain swap but now I guess
I'm going to have to spring for the big chicken dinner. Since the oil pan
was off, I peeked up into the cylinders and they don't appear to be scored,
which is somewhat comforting.
I've been through this before w/ several engines, but I'm still not real
comfortable w/ the all aluminum Rover engine. If this was just another rat
motor, I'd just hone the pistons, re-ring, and maybe a valve job. Any
chance of getting away with that on this motor or should I just plan on
yanking the block and building it up from scratch. Any experiences in this
would be appriciated about now.
Chris Sharp
'64 Spitfire4 At least it runs
'80 TR8 Quickly becoming a money pit....
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