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General Category => Kaiser Forum => Topic started by: fathersondream on January 29, 2011, 09:08:51 PM

Title: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: fathersondream on January 29, 2011, 09:08:51 PM

What is the factory compression spec for a 49 kaiser 226 deluxe?Fired it up today and it run great!!Had about 115 on all cylinders.

Title: Re: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: Jim B PEI on January 29, 2011, 10:58:34 PM

Here is a link
http://www.carnut.com/specs/gen/kais40.html
here is the home page
http://www.carnut.com/
lots of interesting stuff if you look around

Title: Re: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: fathersondream on January 29, 2011, 11:01:47 PM

Seen compression ratio but not compression.

Title: Re: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on January 30, 2011, 07:22:43 AM

It's in the factory shop manual; you can't miss it.

Title: Re: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: custom on January 30, 2011, 10:42:39 AM

120-130 lbs with 7.3-1 compression head
115-125 lbs with 6.86-1 compression head (taxicab)

Title: Re: 1949 kaiser compression
Post by: fathersondream on January 30, 2011, 02:21:34 PM

Thank you.Looked in the shop manual prior to asking.Must have overlooked it.