[Fot] piston ring question

[toodamnfunky at comcast.net]

Yes,

That's gas porting, mine have them. The drag racers have the gas ports drilled
from the top.

jim g



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From: "John Hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com>
To: "<riverside at southslope.net>" <riverside at southslope.net>
Cc: "<fot at autox.team.net>" <fot at autox.team.net>, "fubog1" <fubog1 at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:30:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] piston ring question

I've heard some drill very small holes in the top ring grove to apply pressure
against the cyl wall. Anyone heard of this?

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On May 14, 2013, at 12:25 PM, <riverside at southslope.net> wrote:

> Kind of related, B  do any of you use shims to fill some of
> the space behind the top ring ?
>
> art de armond
>
> From: fubog1
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:30 AM
> To: j.wags63 at yahoo.com ; tony at tonydrews.com ; riverside at southslope.net ;
> fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] piston ring question
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> Total Seal now specifies this as well. It was explained to me that it was
to
> prevent trapping pressure between top and second ring.
> Agree, go with manufacturers recommendations.
> Glen
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> To: Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com>; riverside <riverside at southslope.net>;
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> <fot at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sat, May 11, 2013 9:20 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] piston ring question
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> B  B  Wiseco says: The gap on the second ring should always be larger than
the
> top ring end gap, this will help to reduce top ring
> flutter or lifting.
> That's right off they're installation "pink" sheet. B Maybe some piston
> manufacture think different. I would go my what
> your piston manufacture says.
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