Low compression

Well by staggered I would say that as they do in race cars I staggered the rings at 12 o'clock for the top and 6 o'clock for the second and the same for the two oil rings that are above and below the oilier; and as for the timing I set the crank with key up on the mark with yellow colored link on its mark on crankshaft gear on the right side looking at engine and the two marks on cam gears level with cylinder head and two yellow marks roughly 11 and 1 o'clock with exactly 8 links separating them as far as I could tell it was spot on. I'm not sure if I had to but I even unlocked the intake cam gear and re set it as if it was a fresh install and that did or did not have any effect at all not sure because engine will not start the only spec I could not check at the time was the bore measurement but all other specs were within service limits. So I kinda just figured it was going to be good and this is the first time I haven't been able to get something running since like I was a kid. I'm thoroughly baffled oh and I was paying attention to hear for compression leaks as I cranked the motor over by hand because of my earlier episode with leaky valves but I did not hear a leak in intake or exhaust side however I did not air up the cylinders as you described.

So I just went ahead and disassembled so that I could check the bore which coincidentally is the one thing I didn't check and the problem slapped me right in the face. It's way out of spec for service the book says 3.1102 to 3.1107 and my measurement at the top was 79.9mm which is equivalent to 3.1456 inches. So it only gets worse down in the middle of the bore where the actual measurement is supposed to be taken. And from here on out I will just save myself a lot of work and time by checking everything right the first time, but I think I needed to just unload it for a sec to get clear again. So thanks for being there I guess. Take care.