Ring gap goof

So what’s the largest second ring gap you ever ran because you daydreamed while filing ? Let’s say it was a 12 -1 rb bracket motor no power adders.
I know I can get a replacement. Just curious
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I've used them with .050 on the stock top rings and more on the second rings with no issues
I now make sure I have at least .020 on the top rings with .024 or bigger on the second ring with no power adder, I do add .006 to both rings or more onto the blown gas street motors I build to both rings, depending on the heads and carb sizes and expected power levels (I've used .026 on the top ring and .034 on the second rings on a N/A B1 motor with a 4.495 (EDITED ) bore size) that made 920+ HP on race gas on the dyno breaking it in with good results with no vacuum pump I use the .0045 per 1 inch diameter on the top ring and .0050+ on the second ring on N/A drag race motors
It is way better to have .003 + to much end gap than .0001 to little

I agree with those numbers. I just built a motor with stock size rings. They were not ordered to file to fit. The top was .013 on a 4.360 bore. I had to file to get my .020. Just goes to show that you check everything.

Cab, I think you need to tell us more about this engine.

FWIW I don't even run a second ring at all on my 11.7:1 small block, and have the oil rings crimped down to really low tension. No vacuum pump, just the pan evac system. Going on the 3rd season without touching it and it still makes just as much power as it did when it was fresh, and doesn't use any oil.

Dang my fingers and pour proof reading I fix it It was and is 4.495 bore size

Really?

I tried removing the stock 5/16 second ring from my old NHRA stocker legal 1970 street hemi, it didn't go any faster and it started oiling the plugs after one run, not fouling them but making them shiny

It would never occur to me to do that or that it would work!

Rumors and trash talk in the pits between runs, some guys will lie to you to see if you will buy it, I did
Now I know better, learning by doing sometimes make you go backwards before you figure out which way to go to make more power or how to go faster
The good thing about learning that way is you never forget it
All knowledge is good, even when it doesn't do what you hope for

I was gonna try it but I figured I wanted the piston stability more

piston stability was on my mind as well, but i'm not an engine builder, just an assembler.