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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 06:15 PM
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Whats the compression roughly supposed to be on a 2.5 fully forged engine ?
cause mine is reading around 152 ish give a little !
is this about right ?
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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 09:23 PM
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All depends on what compression ratio the forged engine was built with.
Factory spec for a standard engine is around 142 ~ 171 psi, with a minimum of 128 psi and less than 7 psi difference between the cylinders.

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Old Mar 14, 2017 | 10:56 PM
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difference across them is the more important figure to worry about.
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