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11-14-2006, 09:32 AM

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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?

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

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11-14-2006, 11:40 AM

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

I'll have to do more investigating on that but probably about .005" more. Next time I don't think I will go any more lean than 11.3:1 to keep it on the safe side. It was 11.7-8 before.