CARBON OR CAST,RINGS Sunday, 25-Jun-2000 20:32:46 Message: 152.163.205.35 writes: cal look people, i'm asking this question for friend,member in our club,anyway he wants to know if anybody knows where to get some carbon rings,or cast rings, to go in his i belive it's a 1916 cc,he's looking for some rings that are softer than chrome,eaiser on the cylinders,and maybe set quicker, he just took down the engine thats the topic of the search,and didn't like what he found at all, the chrome rings never set,the hone marks still looked as good as the day he put them in a while a go and the heads and clys. where full of oil, any info appericated. ROGER

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Re: CARBON OR CAST,RINGS (Art Thraen) (25-Jun-2000 21:09:41)

I am using the grant rings as well. (Muffler Mike) (26-Jun-2000 00:22:24)

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Re: CARBON OR CAST,RINGS Sunday, 25-Jun-2000 21:09:41 205.188.197.39 writes: Roger, I have found that the GRANTs rings work well. and the total seal rings work great, The trick is the hone and the cleaning of the cylenders after the hone. Clean the cyls with ajax and hot water, Blow dry and oil with a lintless cloth or deer skin rag. Also do not oil the rings, only the cyl walls with moter oil and then assemble the rings dry in a wet cylender. I use the ball hones and they work well for me, Rimco and Berg use a hone machine, GRANTs rings are less expensive and are easy to break in, they like an agressive hone of about 320 grit. Art Thraen

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I am using the grant rings as well. Monday, 26-Jun-2000 00:22:24 172.138.162.110 writes: I have used them in the past and same results, quick brake in time. The guys at EMS give my cylinders a pretty aggressive hone and even this last time, i put the motor together, put some cam brake in time on it, put it on the trailer and by the 3rd pass in phoenix, i was up to speed. I do my assembly just like Art Describes. light oil on the cylinders, and dry rings. bolt them in and do a burn out. hehheh Although the time before this rebuild, i had stock cimas in since 95. Never split the p&C durign check ups. Another theory is to brake the rings in using NON Detergent oil. I have heard that the detergents in the normal oil can cause glazing. But like i said, theory. Muffler Mike

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