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| Author: | SLANTEDRAM [ Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:09 pm ] |
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I am assembling a 225 long rod for my 84 ram- I am using a set of rings for a toyota 3.0 v6 with the 3.445 bore size- the rings only have about .010" clearance though- the instructions with the pistons indicate that with this bore size and application I should have about .028" gap on the top ring- however they do not mention the bottom ring needing this additional clearance- should I add clearance to the bottom ring also? any help will be greatly appreciated |
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| Author: | Doc [ Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:02 pm ] |
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.010 seems a little tight to me. For a street engine, I would set the 2nd ring gap to .018 or maybe .020 if I planned to tow or run it "hard". DD |
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| Author: | SLANTEDRAM [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:40 am ] |
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The motor will begin life naturally aspirated. Stage 2 of the build will be a turbo/efi setup once the motor is broken in. I think .010" is a little tight on the second ring also, however, this is the first motor I have payed much attention to this on as most other builds I have done have been stockers and I don't have something to compare it to. I would hate to run into trouble due to something small like piston ring gap. |
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| Author: | DadTruck [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:43 pm ] |
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the title indicates you are using KB pistons at the bottom of this page there is a note on their hypereutectic pistons,, http://www.kb-silvolite.com/assets/silv ... lation.pdf on one of their other web pages I saw a table where they recommended ring gap depending upon use.. |
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| Author: | SLANTEDRAM [ Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:12 am ] |
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does anyone know off the top of their head what the stock piston ring gap would be? even though I am obviously not using the stock pistons it would be good to know what the recommended ring gaps are for a stock slant- thanks for the input guys it is much appreciated- this is the last thing on the "to-do" list before assembly of the short block- |
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| Author: | terrylittlejohn [ Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:08 pm ] |
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.012 to .017 is the range for stock pistons. if your going to run boost or high comp numbers i would run .022 top and .018 second. when they seat they will open up 3 or 4 ths more. |
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