Originally Posted by TurboGibbs

Update-

I finally got around to taking my old pistons off the rods and got to noticing the compression rings and 4 of them were damaged and lost tension due to heat. I am guessing my .023-.025 ring gap wasn't enough. I have never seen rings do that. In spots the material was eaten away and doing no good for sealing. So the good news is my dyno numbers were on 4 good cylinders.

I am working on re-assembly as I have time around my busy work schedule now but it will be a 370 with 9.0:1 compression, same old cam (223/218 .575/.558 114lsa), L92 heads with Patriot gold springs & L92 Carb style intake. The block has steel 0-rings on the deck for sealing with copper head gaskets and ARP studs. I opted for a little more compression this time to help with low end torque. Maybe it will run by x-mas?

Originally Posted by FarmerBeau

Holy hell thats awesome! So what ring gap are you gonna gap it at this time round?