texas_bugeye
Jedi Knight
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There’s a new Old car in town! A neighbor a few blocks down the street stop by in his new car a 61 sprite . Great way to meet your neighbor! appears fairly solid and complete it was owned by a kid with little experience and bit off more than he could afford. It runs pretty good . but when he told me the cylinder pressurest it kind of shocked me (I should check mine)1=65 2=65 3=63 4=59 he took these readings a few nites ago with all the plugs removed and the throttle closed. There pretty even but man that seems low. I helped him do a valve clearance test and when we did they were really tight like nearly no clearance. After adjusting it sounds like a singer sewing machine makes me smile. So we did another test and it came up the same. Car runs great but should the compression be a concern ? It has the normal leak at the scroll but nothing excessive and oil looks ok power seems to be on the low side and it feels like there’s no timing advance. You know.. flat. Could the cam sprocket be Off a tooth? The crank pulley – dampener has no markings! So how do we establish TDC we could measure the spacing to get advance off of my cars marker.
Thoughts on the compression
Thoughts on the flat power
Bad Cam?
I forgot to say that the engine has abou 3000 miles after the kid rebulit it.
Thoughts on the compression
Thoughts on the flat power
Bad Cam?
I forgot to say that the engine has abou 3000 miles after the kid rebulit it.