Quote Originally Posted by 1civic View Post
Sounds like a mix of things to me.. I would not lean on the valve seals, but yet the guides since the head has been used for years without an overhaul..

Next nothing has been said about the tune or a catch can setup, TUNE, and vent that hooptie..

And last a leak-down would give more info than a compression test so I would put air to this hooptie and find out where it leaks out..

IF you are hand honing these blocks and slapping pistons in then you can blame yourself, you may have been lucky before, but it sounds like this block might have caught you slipping!!

Indeed about leak down !!!

and LOLOLOL at hooptie