Proper compression on late 90's 8hp 2S Merc?

[mchrist809]

Anyone know what healthy PSI should be? Don't know exact year -- late 1990s or early 2000s. 8hp Mercury 2 stroke.

 

[JB]

Re: Proper compression on late 90's 8hp 2S Merc?

A rope start should give you over 70-80psi, mchrist, with both cylinders within a 10% span.