just went for a drive and the steering shake is kinda still there 
with warm engine, retested compression with new gauge and its reading 10.4 10.4 10.6 10.6 bar
pistons still kinda looking damp but think all the signs are improving?
ok so with a 8:1 ratio that's 84% of the stock 9.5:1
the stock compression should be 11-14bar while the forged pistons should be bout 9.3 - 11.79 bar
so seems the pressures are on bar ( no pun
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