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| OU8AVW |
 Nov 16 2013, 10:01 AM
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Yacht Rigger  Group: Members Posts: 1,803 Joined: 1-October 08 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 9,601 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
I have a set AA 96mm cylinders, a set of KB pistons and a new set of Hastings rings.
So I searched the forums and found two threads with opposing information. In one thread (I think) Jake says to leave the top ring gap at stock .015 The opposing opinion is to increase it to .025 I think I would default to whatever Raby says but I want to clarify that stock out of the box, .015 is the magic number. Any other opinions? |
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| reharvey |
Nov 16 2013, 10:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 16-July 08 From: N. E. Ohio Member No.: 9,308 Region Association: North East States |
The instuctions that came with my KB pistons said to use the larger gap on the top ring. Lots of info about this on the web. Check it out. Ray
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| Bulldog9 |
Nov 16 2013, 11:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 21-August 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,283 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(reharvey @ Nov 16 2013, 11:06 AM)  The instuctions that came with my KB pistons said to use the larger gap on the top ring. Lots of info about this on the web. Check it out. Ray I've read a bunch on this too, will be installing mine in a few weeks. Its the upper ring, and from what I understand Raby says with the Hastings ring set it is not an issue in our motors, and no longer recommends the modification due to the cyls/heads not getting as hot as other applications, i.e harleys, etc... Makes me nervous though. Big pucker factor here! |
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| OU8AVW |
Nov 16 2013, 03:27 PM
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Yacht Rigger Group: Members Posts: 1,803 Joined: 1-October 08 From: Granbury, TX Member No.: 9,601 Region Association: Southwest Region |
My ring gap measured .020 out of the box. This is between the two measurements so I think I will leave it as is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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