I gotta change a pr3 piston in my b16 on the extreme cheap, so I figured since I still have 4 spare pr3 pistons and rods I might as well change the entire rod/piston assembly on the #1 cylinder that has the broken ringlands. Question is, I really don't want to have to go buy a complete set of rings just for 1 piston, and all my money is tied up in my LS block so far. Can I just give the cylinder a quick pass through with the hone and re-use one of the many sets of old rings I have laying around for a few weeks? Or possibly even the one's off the original pr3's for now? Normally I'd say the hell with it and finish putting my b18a1 block together, but I ran out of money for the next 2 weeks and I still need 2 bearing sets and rings for that as well. :P

 

just reuse some rings... dont hone that ----... waste of time, its either gonna seal or not...

now for my story:
when my LSVTEC broke all its pistons, i dug out my other LS block, ripped all the pistons/rods out. and strait threw the ******* in my motor, rings/bearings/all without honing it... just cleaned them up a little with some PB Blaster to make sure the rings wernt stuck (some where a little carbed up) then threw them in the motor... on the last one the top ring snagged and BROKE... ---- what do i do?!?! i grab one of the BROKEN pistons, one of the "better" ones, and snag the top ring off that... 220psi ACROSS..

 

---- yeah re-use the HG too
when u have the $$ this place has good prices on rings/bearings/gaskets
http://stores.ebay.com/Mizumo-Auto-P...Q3amesstQQtZkm

 

haha you're my hero. Stories like this build my confidence in my assembly of my short block with new parts

 

Already planned on reusing the hg. Hell, it's a brand new mls, I only torqued it once and it never even made it up to temp. I just got the old piston out...not just one ringland, but both and they broke half way around the piston lol. I lucked out too...the stock journal size on the rod is stamped 3, and I have 1 extra rod that has the 3 as well, so all I'm gonna go is swap the bearings over, re-align the rings and give it a shot.

 

look at this ****** giving away my secrets

 

btw i just did it the "right way" and i must say its a major -----, and is stressing me out cuz i havent started it yet measuring everything, plastigauge, checking ring gap, filing rings, checking ring gap, file rings......

 

Lol that's how I'm building my LS block right now. I'll agree, it's 100% whorish to build and I've probably spent 3x the money if I would've just slapped it together. :P

 

Haha...you guys were right...used rings FTW!!! Just got to spin it today for a compression check, 215psi bitches. Now I'm kinda upset I didn't pull all the rods off and re-arrange the rings. :P