civicunrest

Hey everyone, quick question. What rings are you running in your motors (those who built them up a bit). I just picked up a set of perfect circle rings with the chrome top ring for my buildup. Just looking for some insite.

Kaneda13

engine's not together yet, but that's what's in mine.

Chacko

couldn't a chrome top be considered bad for heat dissipation? I'm still on factory - uber!

2muchpsi

Total Seal gapless,hands down the best.They have the least amount of leakdown compaired to all other rings.

civicunrest

I was gonna do total seal, but I'm on some semblence of a budget (I fix Hyundai's for god sake, I don't get paid THAT much :-)

shortyz

oem works..
but yea those total seals are tite!

teal terror

ductile iron je rings in mine... shold hold up a little better if i ---- up.... i have je pistons too.

leed

Good topic.

Curious to hear any first hand exp. w/ TotalSeal.
Like, how much of a beating (boost) have you put them through.

Somehow I think stock would be just fine for just about anything. (fueling, timing spot on)
The only thing thats really gonna knock your rings teeth out in a hurry is detonation. No set of rings is gonna put up with that; maybe shift the weakest link somewhere else.
I'd rather break a ringland and burn a hole down the side of a piston then put a peep hole in the side of the block.

No personal exp. here, but seems to make sense.

HMT-Admin

I installed total seals on a 4g63, and those ******* are so picky, they would not seal up, I had to take them back out, and ------- hone the living ---- out of it.. But we did a leak down, and I think it was showing less than 5% in each cylinder, not bad!

Jeff