3sgte died..., Cut out on me...?? Options

[Celica_At_GT]

Well here is a little history first (since haven't posted on this board much - use to a lot on cnet (celica.net) back in the day though....

I had done a 3sgte engine swap and had a buddy do all the wiring for me (about 3 years ago). After finishing the mechanical stuff and putting th engine in, I found out the wiring was hosed. I took it to a shop to get it looked at and they put a microtech standalone ecu in it.

I finally got it running and it ran great for about 2 hours of usage and then just died on me. I haven't been able to restart it since then (but haven't been working on it too much)...

The pistons all seem to have really low compression (all around 90-100 psi). I am wondering if
1. what the compression should be.
2. if it is low, why is it low on all of the cylinders - does this mean the head gasket may have been put on wrong?? What could this imply?

Thanks for any assistance.
Ben

[lagos]

compression should be around 164 or more. try doing the test again, and follow these directions.
http://www.celicatech.com/93rmsour/1993/93...em/compress.pdf

did you or anyone take the head off during your swap? why did you do the swap 3 yrs ago, and not work on the car since?

is the car cranking? are you gretting fuel or spark ?

why didnt you take the car back to the place that installed the stand alone as soon as you noticed that the car didnt want to run after 2 hrs.