F529YNG -LIVE (ON A KNIFE EDGE)

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Re: F529YNG -LIVE (ON A KNIFE EDGE)

Postby manifold » Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:58 pm

Good stuff! I hope it works out for you. For 30 quid or so it might be worth giving the head a quick skim...plus it will up your compression ratio a touch :).

Make sure block surface is smooth too! I hope you dont need to skim that as well...as it will be a right ball ache.
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Re: F529YNG -LIVE (ON A KNIFE EDGE)

Postby johnnyfixit » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:27 am

Compleated a compression test on all the cylinders
4= 200 psi
3=195 psi
2=200 psi
1= 200psi
can't find anything in the manual to compare these figuers to???
anyway one hell of a difference between the gasget I fitted and the payen bk 450 have a look
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definatley looks stronger between the bores
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