piston ring info

[grumpyvette]

heres some good info you need to read

http://www.totalseal.com/howdoo.html

http://www.aera.org/members/enginetech/edge1296/page3.htm

http://www.muller.net/mullermachine/docs/ring_lap.html

http://www.hastingsmfg.com/service_tips.htm

http://www.sswesco.com/ss/sssugges.htm

http://www.pontiac.tm/goat/rings.htm

http://www.babcox.com/editorial/us/us20114.htm

http://www.lunaticams.com/PistonRings/Ring03.html

http://www.holley.com/HiOctn/TechServ/TechInfo/IECPTech6.html
http://www.propowerparts.com/products/rings.htm

http://www.kb-silvolite.com/speclear.htm#CHART

http://www.hastingsinc.com/Service%20Tips/ring_gaps.htm

http://www.precisionmeasure.com/block16.htm

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=85487&prmenbr=361

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=3301&prmenbr=361

or if your careful a DREMEL tool can be used very effectively useing the edge of a cut-off disk

just some info
Ive broken a few rings over the years useing this type compressor

this type works much better

but this type is the easyist to use fom my expeariance

just some extra info,
I normally use piston skirt coatings that retain the oil film better and heavily coat parts with MOLY SPRAY during assembly and polish the combustion chamber and piston crown surfaces and smooth and round off the valve edges and pistons valve clearance knotchs. I personally have seen no big gains from piston dome and combustion chamber coatings the few times Ive tried them, and don,t personally think they are worth the extra expense on engines most of us build for street strip use.

http://www.msmoly.com/

http://www.sandstromproducts.com/Tigs/e720.pdf
http://www.etoolcart.com/product.asp?3=401