rebuilding engine.. which rings?? oem or hastings??
 

i am gonna rebuild my engine, h23a, and i am wondering what rings to use. i am gonna just have the bottom end re-ringed and honed. i am installing a port and polished head with a 3 angle valve job. the head was milled and i put in new valve seals. the intake is port matched and so is the turbo manifold ,not being installed yet :(. i also removed the butteryfly plate on the intake manifold. i know that these engines are know for weak rings so what rings should i use? i can get honda rings from work for $104 for all. i just saw some hastings chrome moly piston rings for $85 for all. which one would u better to go with?

Re: rebuilding engine.. which rings?? oem or hastings??
 

i've seen a couple people in here mentioning hastings rings...i know you can get them cheap..not sure on the quality but i do know lots of people who use them so they can't be too bad

Re: rebuilding engine.. which rings?? oem or hastings??
 

Hastings are well known, all of my friends rebuilding their V8's put hastings in and I'm using them on my D so... do it up.

Re: rebuilding engine.. which rings?? oem or hastings??
 

Ya my Vitara pistons come with the hastings so ill be using them, apparently they can take some boost.

Re: rebuilding engine.. which rings?? oem or hastings??
 

I've used Nippon Piston Rings. ------' bad ass compression...