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Rings questions #730677 06/21/10 08:34 PM 06/21/10 08:34 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest way2fast OP enthusiast
way2fast OP enthusiast Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest	HELP!! Trying to get my 318 up and running...What "grit" of hone do I use for Moly rings? And can anyone here tell me are FEDERAL MOGUL P/N E178K pre-gapped? Go Fast and Swerve!

Re: Rings questions [Re: way2fast] #730678 06/22/10 05:03 PM 06/22/10 05:03 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest way2fast OP enthusiast
way2fast OP enthusiast Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest	Anybody??... Go Fast and Swerve!

Re: Rings questions [Re: way2fast] #730679 06/22/10 05:06 PM 06/22/10 05:06 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,454 Florida STAYcation dOoC The village idiot's idiot
dOoC The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,454 Florida STAYcation	Using a flex(ball) hone ....320 grit.

Re: Rings questions [Re: dOoC] #730680 06/22/10 05:53 PM 06/22/10 05:53 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT M moper I Live Here
moper I Live Here M Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT	No hand hone can get it smooth enough. It's not a big deal.. The moly will just get scraped off and the rings will seat like normal rings. If the block was a running engine, I use green scotchbrite over the square stone flex-hone I have. Use WD40 for cutting oil, and dont go tto crazy. It's enough to take off the glaze but not to scar up the surface. Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.

Re: Rings questions [Re: moper] #730681 06/22/10 07:48 PM 06/22/10 07:48 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest way2fast OP enthusiast
way2fast OP enthusiast Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest	Quote: No hand hone can get it smooth enough. It's not a big deal.. The moly will just get scraped off and the rings will seat like normal rings. If the block was a running engine, I use green scotchbrite over the square stone flex-hone I have. Use WD40 for cutting oil, and dont go tto crazy. It's enough to take off the glaze but not to scar up the surface. I was thinking a 240-320 grit ball type hone? The bore is pretty good as is no scrape marks etc. just clean cross hatch...just want to freshen up with new rings (already have them)while I've got it apart, new bearings etc. I've port matched the heads to the intake and lapped the valves. Just don't know what direction to go as far as hone for the moly rings. Go Fast and Swerve!

Re: Rings questions [Re: dOoC] #730682 06/22/10 07:53 PM 06/22/10 07:53 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest way2fast OP enthusiast
way2fast OP enthusiast Joined: May 2010 Posts: 219 Southwest	Quote: Using a flex(ball) hone ....320 grit. Ok! that narrows it down more!! thanks!! i had read any where between 240-320 grit. i'll go with 320. Go Fast and Swerve!

Re: Rings questions [Re: way2fast] #730683 06/22/10 09:41 PM 06/22/10 09:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT M moper I Live Here
moper I Live Here M Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,675 Columbia, CT	Use very thick oil to hone with. 320 is rough for a moly ring. Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.

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