Piston ring recomendation?
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01/23/13 01:19 AM
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Freshing up the 500" stroked 400 after the cylinder head issue, and I am curious if changing the file fit Total seal CR9190-130 rings to a different type or brand would make much difference. The engine is 12.4:1 compression and max RPM is 7,000.
Anyone use the M9190-130 MaxSeal gapless top ring set?
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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Gapless were invented for dirt cars that ate rings- They do offer impressive leak down test results but on the dyno I have never seen the HP gain. Correctly filed rings with a ductile top ring is the standard that has won most races. For whatever reason the leak down that looks fantastic does not seem to convert to more power--because of ring flutter at higher RPM or what I don't know but gapless rings are not magic or they would be in every engine built You have to remember that KB did back to back dyno test while working on the proper gap for their hyper pistons and the top gap had to exceed something like .055 before they could see a HP drop--Now..thats their tale but many shops agree, keep rings from butting and make sure fresh cylinders are clean and you have done all that you can in that dept.
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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Total Seal does not, the last time I talked to them about race engine ring packages, recommend there gapless rings for drag racing I like and use the Speed Pro file to fit moly top, cast second and standard tension oil rings on motors with no vacume pump Hastings( American Hammer) makes some nice race ring packages also
I am getting away from all the "trick of the week" ring set-ups. I have always used the old 1/16-1/16-3/16 Speed Pro rings as Cab has mentioned,,,moly/cast/standard tension oil ring...I think they are the most fail-safe ring set going. I have tried other sets and had some problems of one sort or another enough times. I am not looking for 3-4 HP.
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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01/25/13 04:37 AM
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Thanks guys I did some web searching and it seems most people think they are no better than the standard moly rings. I may just reuse the rings I have. Only a few dozen 1/4 mile rounds and maybe 200 street miles on the engine, but somehow I managed to bend an oil ring (I think moving parts around The bearings looked good too, but I am thinking of having the pistons cut for deeper valve reliefs and re-balance the engine.
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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I`d go moly top, napier second and standard tension oil unless you run a vac pump. I run this set up w/out a v-pump and med tension rings and have just a bit of blow-by so I may end up installing a pump just to help w/leaks and ad maybe controll blow-by a bit...........
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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01/25/13 01:41 PM
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Anyone use the M9190-130 MaxSeal gapless top ring set?
IIRC that's what I ran in the last build of my 452. I'm not sure whether I could quantify any improvements over a more conventional ring package w/o an exacting back-to-back test, although I like them in theory.
However, this time I went back to a conventional top ring, switched to a Napier 2nd, and lowered the oil tension from 23# to 18#. Since the engine isn't running, yet, all I can say is this "should" provide decent oil control while offering some reduction in friction compared to the previous ring pack.
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Re: Piston ring recomendation?
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Thanks guys I may just reuse the rings I have. Only a few dozen 1/4 mile rounds and maybe 200 street miles on the engine, but somehow I managed to bend an oil ring (I think moving parts around T
You can save some $$ and buy a set of such rings for one piston from 440Source (and maybe from others!) I did, after breaking a 2. ring! My
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