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RE: More on rings

To: kas kastner <kaskas@cox.net>, fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: More on rings
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:28:22 -0800
It's actually that the blowby overheats the rings in the area of the gap.
Ricardo proved that back when rocks were a new idea. I found a reference to
it in his book "High speed internal combustion engines" years after I found
the cure. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of kas kastner
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:55 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: More on rings

Yes, the same technique will work with a dry block as I did on the TR-4
sleeves. And yes, you can use Comet or Ajax (or like stuff) with equal
results. You need to do a very very through job of cleaning if you lap into
a dry block 'cause the cleanser will not be friendly to bearings and smooth
surfaces.

 I found that the chrome rings were almost impossible to seat if you did the
usual break-in at slow running and low revs.  They would pass pressure and
oil forever.  What I found that worked every time, operate the engine at low
speed for a bit, like three or four minutes, then take it out and run the
devil right out of it for a couple laps.  The chrome rings seem to like this
abuse and they sealed up immediately. The slow running on the chrome seemed
to glaze the cylinder walls and never let a full seat occur.  Yup, that's my
opinion.

"Never be beaten by Equipment"
Kas Kastner

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