[Healeys] 100M Compression

Mr. Bill bn1 at pacbell.net
Sat Jun 25 14:55:39 MDT 2011


I thought you did a compression test with the throttle wide open.  Or am 
I wrong as usual?

Bill
'53 BN1
'61 BT7
-- When I was younger, I could remember anything whether it had happened 
or not. But now my facilities are decaying and soon I shall be so I 
cannot remember anything but the things that never happened. - Mark Twain

On 6/25/2011 12:13 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> Just did our first compression test on our 100M engine (all we've done is drive it up and down the little county road in front of my folks's house--20miles maybe). Engine warm, all plugs out, throttles closed:
>
> #1 - 162 psi
> #2 - 170
> #3 - 165
> #4 - 172
>
> Actually seems a little high, even for an M but, hey, I'll take it.
>
>
> Bob
>
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