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<x-charset iso-8859-1>-----Original Message----- From: Plk554@aol.com [mailto:Plk554@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 5:14 PM To: martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil Subject: Fuel Injection Compression Ratio - Type III Leon, I know you have been following the latest CR hopla on Type3.org. What is the CR of the engine you just built? I know you have said that it is running great and you have no complaints about it. Thanks, Pat Kennedy ============================================================================ == My compression was not documented using deck height, bore,combustion size etc... I do not know the size of my MOFOCO heads combustion chamber , my deck height is pretty tight, almost max spec. ,engine is the standard 1600, 2nd ring is gapless, top ring, piston, cylinder are from my old rebuild and had almost 45,000 miles (rebuilt engine because of the botched cam gear selection)and no recrosshatching, so now the these components have been used around 18,000 miles on this second rebuild for a 70,000, yeah I know breaking lots of rules due to frugality and laziness. Head temps are still good. But I did document my compression pressure on different times. Around 5,000 miles, my compression was 130 lbs, even, all the way around. At 12,000 miles my compression was 115 lbs. I now have around 18,000 miles on this rebuild since January and my last compression was 125 lbs. Differences probably due to engine temps and oil present on the rings ? I will check my compression tomorrow while I change my oil. I have been neglegent, I have not changed the oil for 5000 miles and it now looks dirty and one of my hydraulic lifters are complaining. That is the only complaint I have with the engine but it will go away after I flush the engine and change the oil. I still can hit almost 100 mph, I do that almost weekly but hit 90 mph daily, the automatic's final drive ratio makes it possible. It is not a power monster or a dragster but it can keep up with any car on the freeway but I usually end up passing cars up like they are parked, even police cars, for some reason my car is so slow looking (frumpy) so it is invisible to them (stealth), I have not gotten a ticket since 1987, but I do see them stop Hondas that I just passed by. I will make the Fasty's engine much bigger and increase the compression to experiment on how long it will last before heads melt. LEON MARTINEZ 1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO 1967 FASTY PROJECT SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA. ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>