[gogeeta13]

I just picked up a compression tester. I will post results shortly.

I shouldn't have any air leaks, everything is plugged and such.

The cams weren't out. It is "new" in that the motor that came in the car was shot, I got a KA that was pulled from an Auto coupe with 100k miles. It was supposedly a good running motor when pulled. It sat for 6 months before I bought it. When pulled, the seller swears it had no valvetrain noises or anything. I took out the chain guide from the valvecover and the chain guide from the front cover(apprently this is even a recall by nissan, so I doubt I did anything wrong?).

I will have to find my set of feeler guages and check shim clearances too.

Thanks Brian and F3600!