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Re: Good compression?

To: drcarey@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Good compression?
From: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@q1.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:55:57 -0400
drcarey@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> What would be considered good compression for spit? 50? 75? 100?
what year car?  the early - pre-"71 would pump 150 or better on a guage.
the later ones had lower compression and a correspondingly lower amount
of pressure.  rule of thumb is engine will not run on less than 100
psi.  actually they will but not well enough to count. ted
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