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0.004 per inch of bore..
DaveP
On 2/12/2016 2:02 PM, Andrew Uprichard wrote:
>
> The manual for the TR3 says the ring gap should be 0.003 ? 0.010. But
> I have new pistons and rings marked that the gap should be 0.003 ?
> 0.004 per inch diameter of the bore. 3 thou sounds awfully tight to
> me, but what do others think?
>
> On a related subject, a friend has an engine where the ring gap is
> 0.040. How much of this could be made up by simply replacing the
> rings? Or is there a point at which the only solution is bigger
> pistons +/- rebore?orter Porter Custom Bicycles 2909 Arno St. NE
> Albuquerque, NM 87107 505-352-1378 Go HERE: my world www.porterbikes.com/
>
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0.004 per inch of bore..<br>
DaveP<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/12/2016 2:02 PM, Andrew Uprichard
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<p class="MsoNormal">The manual for the TR3 says the ring gap
should be 0.003 ? 0.010. But I have new pistons and rings
marked that the gap should be 0.003 ? 0.004 per inch diameter
of the bore. 3 thou sounds awfully tight to me, but what do
others think?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On a related subject, a friend has an
engine where the ring gap is 0.040. How much of this could be
made up by simply replacing the rings? Or is there a point at
which the only solution is bigger pistons +/- rebore?orter
Porter Custom Bicycles
2909 Arno St. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505-352-1378
Go HERE: my world <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.porterbikes.com/";>www.porterbikes.com/</a>
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