compression numbers?

[drifterx]

what are the idle compression for a stock block?
i have a 1990 SOHC 12V

how many PSI?

[ca18guy]

Well since nobody wants to answer, i'll take a guess at 180 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>? Take that as a good middle #

[drifterx]

r u sure?
=(
i tested at about 160PSI

[ca18guy]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from drifterx on 9:13 am on Nov. 16, 2001
r u sure?
=(
i tested at about 160PSI</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

160 sounds resonable, like i said I guessed cause nobody would give you an answer <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[drifterx]

i wonder who was the person who told me to get a compression test.... i forgot......
SOME PLZ TELL ME IF MY ENGINE IS DYING?
if so then i will save money for either a rebuilt, rebuild with turbo, or SR20DET

[drifterx]

someone on freshalloy told me the average is between 140-170 for SOHC
=)
cool