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I would rather run a little tighter ring gap on the top ring and not let as much pressure get past it to begin with.

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You wanna run the smallest end gap you can get away with ( without butting ) on both rings.

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Once you butt a ring you will never advocate that theory again Have you ever had a fan belt come off without you knowing that or blown a fuse to the electric water pump and not known that until you saw the water temp gauge going by 230F It's way better to be .002 to .003 to wide than .0002 to tight

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100% on that - and that's exactly what I do with the top ring - go with the piston manufacturers recommendation and add .002" - top ring only. I consider that to be as close I can get away with. On the second ring I almost always go with the .004" per inch of bore rule.