Matt Barrow wrote:




real simple with a wet top end and tight valves. a clapped-out R-985
will read 80/80 right up to the point when it reads 0/80 instead.


Kinda hard to have a wet top end in a Continental 520/550, isn't it?


uh, no.


Okay...so I'm misunderstanding a wet top end. Still, you inferred the
accusation that Newps was faking his compression levels, so put up or shut
up.


I'm assuming a wet top end is an engine tested that just got done
flying. My engine was cold, the mechanic towed it over to his side of
the T hangar building that morning so all cylinders were 60 degrees F