[Fot] piston ring question

[Bill Babcock]

It's backwards. Some engine builders do a little more gap on the top ring
because it gets hotter. All the end gap is for is to prevent the ring from
pushing hard on itself when it expands. Sounds to me like you have a weird
engine builder.


On May 10, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:

> Doesn't sound right to me.
>
> Tony Drews
>
> At 03:53 PM 5/9/2013, riverside at southslope.net wrote:
>> A local engine builder has recommended that the
>> 2nd compression ring have a larger end gap than
>> the top ring.   I have not heard of this before and
>> cannot figure out any benefit.
>>
>> Any thoughts from this group?
>>
>> art de armond
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