<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>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!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <<a href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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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).<br>
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Here is a photo of the rings that came out, on a piston that came
out, after everything was cleaned:<br>
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... 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:<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Steve, David, others... I wasn't dissin' you... I was being
stubborn, I wanted to use my existing rings... I think they look
good.<br>
<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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On 7/5/2012 3:04 PM, russell fulp wrote:
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Well in response to your question about rings (The cylinders
still show cross-hatching, even so I had planned on <br>
> borrowing a ball hone to run in the holes prior to
assembly. The <br>
> rings still have gobs of tension. I hate to spend even more
money I <font color="#ff0000">The piston rings you would need
for your econo-build would only cost you about $ 60.00 </font><font color="#ff0000">Or less !</font><br>
> hadn't budgeted, on rings. What's the downside of using
them again? <font color="#ff0000">If you install the rings in
the same cylinder they came out of. Providing they were sealed
then!! would be O.K.</font> <br>
> Especially if they didn't seat the first time?<br>
> <br>
> ... and further to that question, what rings would you
recommend?) <font color="#ff0000">I would just use a Speed- Pro
pregapped ring # E251K which is a moly ring</font><br>
> <br>
I'm not trying to tell you what to do , Asa just suggesting
strongly by what I have run across <br>
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<strong><em><font size="5">Russ</font></em></strong><br>
B.L. Machine & Russ Fulp Race Engines<br>
1100 E. Orangefair Lane Unit E <br>
Anaheim, Ca. 92801<br>
714-870-8570<br>
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