I found my Cranking Cylinder Pressure (CCP) problem

512Stroker said
After a long conversation with a great Cam Tech at Howards - Kirk - we determined that something was not right with my current Comp XR274HR-10 cam setup and before I start swapping cams it would be best to run a compression test again using a different compression tester to verify the low CCP (115-120psi) numbers I got 2 years ago using a off brand chinese made tester that I got from a friend.
So today using a old KD Tool compression stamped made in the USA I re ran all 8 cylinders and low and behold I averaged 190 psi across the board. Great news
So here I am have been running around like a 3 legged chicken for the past 2 years screaming low CCP! low CCP! blaming the camshaft - Sorry Comp Cams.
The morel to this story is - NEVER EVER trust cheap *** crap for quality chinese made tools they will only get you in trouble.
I knew better, I feel like a Dam Fool!

Which is why you should have checked your gauge against another in the first place. I have always been of the opinion that doing a comp test on any MOPAR was misleading from the day I started working on cars over 45 years ago. Engine compression during cranking is only a preliminary test just to see if there is any. MOPARs with their gear reduction slow cranking starts, I have never seen a stock engine read over 150 when another manuf. that used a faster starter would read 180. I've had my share of gauges and as I said, they are only the first gauge I go to. After that, I only rely on leak down testers ! If you read a repair manual you should see that anything over 100 is acceptable as long as they are all within 10 psi. Of course a cam that has 330 duration is going to read a lot lower than one with 240. Because it isn't spinning fast enough to initiate momentum of flow.