Piston rings?

[AlfaNeely@xxxxxxx]

       The last three engines I put together I used Total Seal rings.  I like 
the concept of a gapless ring (actually two rings in one ring land with 
offset gaps).  Plus I seem to recall reading in Hot Rod or somewhere that 
Total Seal rings are moly so should last longer.
       I do not run the rings that come with the Borgo piston and liner sets. 
 I do not like the cast iron oil control rings, so I am willing to spend the 
extra money to replace the rings.  I used to have several sets of Borgo rings 
around here, but must have given or thrown them away.
       Deves and Hastings are both good rings in my experience.  Use what you 
want and you will probably be perfectly happy with the results.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City



In a message dated 4/7/2003 7:41:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:26:39 -0400
> From: "Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@domain.elided>
> Subject: Piston rings?
> 
> Don't know if this is one of those subjects that has been discussed at 
> great
> lengths in the past or not, if so I apologize.
> 
> What is the general consensus on using the rings that come with a new 
> piston
> and liner set these days?
> 
> Over the years I've built a lot of Alfa engines, and have used both the
> rings as supplied, as well as Hastings and/or Deves.
> 
> Anyone have any first hand experience with Total Seal rings just to confuse
> things further.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
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