No, not yet. It's a brand new engine, .020 over, plastigauged all the bearings during a dry assembly, and it's in spec as far as oil clearances are concerned. The new pistons are 9.5:1 I think (I assembled it in November, so I'm a little foggy on that), and the plugs aren't burnt or fouled from fuel or oil. I rebuilt the head, grinding and decking the valves and new 3-angle valve seats, replaced the seals. The valves are all adjusted at .008 on the intake side, and .010 on exhaust. New head gasket and dowel pins to boot. Shaved .009" and it's flat.

The cylinder bores are fresh, and the block was decked.

I'm 99% sure the compression is right, but I'll check it this weekend. How would the compression numbers affect the idle or the function of the AICV? Would it still throw a code 14 on this ECU?

I'm a DSMer, so this motor's a little on the backwards tip to me. I'm used to having adjustable TPS sensors, BISS screws to adjust idle speed with, and an ECU that can be logged while the engine is running to check any sensor's parameters in real time. There's no connector on this OBD-I ECU for that. Just a 2-pin groundable connector to pull codes with.