[TPR] Checking the specs,Asa's current Mach I engine

[John Bentley]

Asa, you can't tell the ring made a good seal by looking at them. Russ probably could but he's a little far from you. You did the right thing but just replacing them. Now is the time!

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On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> Alright, so after checking the ring sizes to verify the recommended kit, I've now put in an order with Summit for the Sealed Power, Speed-Pro E251K rings as recommended by Russ.  I honestly don't think it would have been a problem; however, I'll defer to the group consensus because I'm more -inexperienced- in this area.  (I usually don't tear down an engine until it makes expensive noises some 15 years and 85K miles from the rebuild).
> 
> Here is a photo of the rings that came out, on a piston that came out, after everything was cleaned:
> <100_1292.JPG>
> 
> ... and if you managed to scroll past the photo to read this text, take a look at the nice new Fluidyne Pantera radiator I just got from Summit:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5324
> 
> And PS, if you guys ever go to the TPR web site and it throws an error.... like it's harboring some nasty malware thingy.... Please, PLEASE let me know.  I've been dealing with a problem now for three hours... and that's just -one- domain of 11 I manage that have been hit with this shit.  I've been going through password changes, file restores, manual file modifications, blah, blah, blah....  Hopefully it's all better now, but I'll have to check it all again tomorrow.
> 
> Oh... and -stupid- me... managed to order only ONE rod bearing... duh.... I thought the price looked a bit low.  The mains all came in though.  I'll have to order seven more rod bearing sets, then wait for the block, crank and heads to be done.  oh... and the new rings to show up.
> 
> Steve, David, others... I wasn't dissin' you... I was being stubborn, I wanted to use my existing rings... I think they look good.
> 
> Asa Jay
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> On 7/5/2012 3:04 PM, russell fulp wrote:
>> 
>> Well in response to your question about rings  (The cylinders still show cross-hatching, even so I had planned on 
>> > borrowing a ball hone to run in the holes prior to assembly. The 
>> > rings still have gobs of tension. I hate to spend even more money I The piston rings you would need for your econo-build would only cost you about  $ 60.00  Or less !
>> > hadn't budgeted, on rings. What's the downside of using them again? If you install the rings in the same cylinder they came out of. Providing they were sealed then!! would be O.K. 
>> > Especially if they didn't seat the first time?
>> > 
>> > ... and further to that question, what rings would you recommend?) I would just use a Speed- Pro pregapped ring # E251K which is a moly ring
>> > 
>> I'm not trying to tell you what to do , Asa just suggesting strongly by what I have run across 
>> 
>> Russ
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>> 714-870-8570
>> 
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