Where's the Wow?

nm9stheham said

The DCR increase for +4 degrees is less than 0.2 points and just over 0.2 points for +6 degrees. Even at 100 degrees ICL, the DCR works out to be 7.2 or so with your heads and gaskets. Which I think was RRR's overall point on the compression, etc....

And if you do find the damper ring retarded, then the ignition timing has been way retarded too. A possible triple whammy on torque....

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I'm with those who believe the crank rolled back during removal, & that's about exactly what it looks like, which is why I suggested mocking the cover & damper
(as far as will slip on) back up w/the dots actually aligned. There may be nothing wrong w/the damper at all. IF, the damper WAS on TDC & those marks were there,
the damper ring would be advanced, not retarded & his timing would be too far advanced(which will kill the top end, but not the bottom).