update:
So I have 577 miles on the motor and have cured my dreaded idle woes. When I was assembling the motor I remembered to line up the main pulley with the 5*atdc mark and stab my CAS with the dot aligned to the gear.
Well since start up I have had a good idle but it was very rich 11.1:1 AFR and was a bit lumpy and sparatic. So after messing with some negative lag to day and just getting frustrated I remebered I never put a timing light on the motor(it was stabbed correctly, top off the CAS and thumb on the internal wheel). Well once I got my idle down to 750rpm my timing was at a whopping 10-12*btdc.
So I pulled the CAS after I lined the pully back up at 5*atdc and the front cover pin. re-stabbed the CAS and started her up. smooth as butter and is at a perfect 5*atdc @ 750rpm. I raised the idle back up to 950rpm and my idle AFR went to 12.4:1
Much happier and glad I didn't go negative lag. re-tuning the map would have blowed and been a major waste of time last year.
Now as for my comp test it was shaky. I used a piston tester that is brand new from my craftsman professional series kit.
BOTH front and rear rotors had 3 DEAD EVEN pulses at 50 psi each
When I got to the accumulative PSI reading on each rotor I was worried at first...
Front was 95 psi
Rear was 88/90 psi
I know that I want 115+ and after talking to some pro's I need to do this @ 1500/2000 miles.
I feel like an idiot BUT for some reason I figured compression would be damn near close to high numbers at 577 miles(some have stated it would). I will wait till then(maybe do another at 1000 miles for shits and giggles).
On another note I recieved the "Street Rotary" book in the mail today and am very impressed. Much more informative then the "Rotary Performance" novel that came out some time ago.
One thing that confuses me is on the
pre-mix section where the book states that "
most experts recommend 1 ounce of pre-mix oil to 1 gallon". Meanwhile my Idemitsu pre-mix bottle states that I use 1/2 ounce per 1 gallon.
I am not running my OMP and would like to hear some input on this. Should I stick with 1/2 ounce until my breakin is done THEN go to 1 ounce per gallon?
***side note: Racing Beat reccomends 4 ounces per gallon on 500HP+ rotaries
NEXT ON THE TO DO list is to make some ducting to my oil cooler. My oil temps when cruising around town stabilize at 182* F. I dont like that temp BUT am unsure if that is excessivley high( I would perfer 160* F). I should point out that when I ran synthetic the temps went to about 175* F constant.