Hey ladies & gents.

Many of you may have seen my car under "My Inspiration."

Well, today I finally got the compression tester, and felt that it was long overdue to check out the compression of my cylinders.
I've had the car since Feb. 2005, so over 2 years now.

Here is the compression stats:
Cylinder 1: 226 psi
Cylinder 2: 219 psi
Cylinder 3: 219 psi
Cylinder 4: 231 psi

***And according to the Ti articles, the range for the b18c1 should be: 135-270 psi, and no variation greater than 28 psi per cylinder.***

So, It's in the range, and less than 10psi variation.

*But do you guys think my #'s are low?

*And, if it were in your situation, would you change the cylinders, or keep it as is?

*Lastly, I want to tune my car with Hondata, I have it all ready, but don't know if i should hold off until I fix the compression, what do you think?

Here are my mods:
Motor:
B18c1
Comptech sri with foam & "ice" box
JG/Edelbrock tb 65mm
Blox im
AEM fuel rail & fpr & guage
Bosch plugs & wires
Prelude 270cc injectors, saturated
Blox type A camshafts
Skunk2 cam gears
Skunk2 valve train (springs & retainers)
JG/Edelbrock header
Hi-flo cat
Tanbe exhaust system

 

Compression is fine....leave it alone and go about your business

 

its all good

 

Seems so far like you guys are saying my compression is decent.

Any other comments would be greatly appreciated and helpful.

Thanks

 

Its fine you can boost or just keep doing what your doing now..

 

compression seems absolutely fine!! due whatever you need to do with it, if you are burning oil or anything i would assume its from the valve seals

 

all four of mine was in the 195-200 range...is mine bad since i see a bunch of other gsr motors doing around 220???

 

As for me, I was worried because i've seen other cars making over 240psi

 

its all good really anything over 170 is pretty heathly

 

Just curious, are you running untuned right now with all those mods?

 

Yes, i'm running un-tuned right now. As learned from another friend that has a 240whp gsr. He basically taught me to do the tuning towards the end.
It's pointless to tune during the buying parts when you're not completely done.
I feel fully satisfied right now with all my parts to do a tune.

As of now, I have a: Hondata s200, obd2-1 conversion harness, and will be getting a chipped & socketed p28 obd1.
(Just looking for an affordable place to tune & dyno).

 

^^^ dumbest thing i ever heard tune at that end ...if u get parts that should be tuned TUNE IT going the cheap way out your going just mess **** up

 

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i fully agree with your comment, if your changing parts on a motor the only real reliable way is to tune so the motor will run in harmony

 

Lsteg98 & 1337whp: First off, you may think it's "dumb;" however, you haven't fully grasped one major concept.
I had bolt-ons before i decided to do anything interally (cam install).
Therefore, to waste money to tune an engine with bolt-ons, in my opinion, is a stupid thing to do.
That's why i waited to get my cams until the end of my list, and then tune.

Anyways, your opinion on whether or not getting the tuning done on the end has nothing to do with my question.

My question is "What do you think about my compression test results?"

 

Your compression is good, your attitude needs the adjustment. These guys are trying to warn you that installing larger injectors, cams, and throttle body will change your engine dynamics to such a degree as to possibly cause damage to your engine. These are not considered bolt-ons, they require tuning or you risk air/fuel ratios that can cause damage. Good luck to you either way.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sam92teg
Your compression is good, your attitude needs the adjustment. These guys are trying to warn you that installing larger injectors, cams, and throttle body will change your engine dynamics to such a degree as to possibly cause damage to your engine. These are not considered bolt-ons, they require tuning or you risk air/fuel ratios that can cause damage. Good luck to you either way.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I appreciate the help from members, however, when they choose words like "stupid," it doesn't feel like help, more like they're saying their way is the only right way.

So no, i don't feel compelled to change my "attitude."
As for adding the fuel system and cams, that's exactly why i keep pointing out that i'm going to do a tune soon. If you read my previous comment, i said that i left the fuel system upgrade and my cam install for last because that's when i'd tune my car.

To the rest, please read before posting.

 

FYI dumbest not stupid please read before posting

 

Same concept

 

My compression was 250psi on all cylinders when tested dry and over 295 when tested again with a little shot of oil in each cylinder. I am burning oil like mad so compression is a good indicator but not all encompassing for car health. I believe I have a valve seal problem and am going to fix it soon. I love bumper to bumper warranties on 9 year old cars