Since we talking rings......
When I brought my engine components into my machinist, he was all over my case
about not using ductile rings. He pulled some old ones out of a bin and could
twist them up without them breaking. Since I knew the Deves rings I had were
good ones, but certainly not ductile like those that he had, and my second
compression ring was already made gap-less by Total Seal, I passed on
acquiring a set of the ductile ones. I've always wondered about those rings.
Anybody ever use a set in a Triumph or other engine?
What are the advantages and/or disadvantages?
Thanks,
Jack Brooks
BTW - the machinist was a cantankerous old bastard, who loved to argue about
anything, but he did a great job. He was not really familiar with LBCs, but
he built race engines (road, drag and marine) on a regular basis and had a
bunch of very happy clients wander in checking on their work on that Saturday
morning I "interviewed" him. He loved reading Kas's Competition book too, so
I knew he wasn't all bad. <Grin> I loaded it to him for things like rod
lightening, etc.
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