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n2oMike
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From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 05-17-2003 08:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for n2oMike   Click Here to Email n2oMike     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Or does it REALLY matter, since they will be turning anyway... I've tried different ways, and haven't noticed any real difference.

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Mike Burch
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kid vishus
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posted 05-17-2003 09:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kid vishus   Click Here to Email kid vishus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That thing confused the heck out of me.
I generally set the top and second rings 180* apart, and the oil rings between the wrist pin hole on the non thrust side. I don't know if it really matters since they all spin round and round. But at least that's where they start. When in a hurry I have just put them on "where ever" and haven't noticed any difference.

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V8 Thumper
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posted 05-17-2003 09:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for V8 Thumper   Click Here to Email V8 Thumper     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've always put them at 180* stagger, with the expander at, say 9 o'clock, the bottom rail at 2, top rail at 8. Bottom compression ring at 10, top ring at 4 forming an 'X' pattern. It seems to work for me... I leaked down my motor and came up with 2-3%

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Tea'sGrabber
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From: Seattle, Wash.
Registered: Feb 2003

posted 05-17-2003 09:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tea'sGrabber   Click Here to Email Tea'sGrabber     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Who's pistons are you using?

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Todd 71 Mav Grabber All orig 306 cu.in. Cast Iron heads. Carillo Rods.Best et. 10.71 @ 124 thru the mufflers.

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n2oMike
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From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 05-17-2003 09:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for n2oMike   Click Here to Email n2oMike     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kid vishus:
That thing confused the heck out of me.

Yea, that is confusing...

From the look of the valve notches, the piston on the left would be rotated 90 degrees clockwise, and the one on the right 90 degrees counterclockwise.

This would put the top ring AND oil expander pointing towards the front of the engine. The second ring would point towards the rear, and the oil expanders would be staggered towards the rear.

I think....

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Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
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http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367
http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220

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scottford351
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From: reedsville ohio usa
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posted 05-17-2003 01:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scottford351   Click Here to Email scottford351     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I really cant see that it would matter.when Ive tore my motors down the rings are not in the same place that I installed them.

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Mario428
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From: Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Registered: Nov 2001

posted 05-18-2003 07:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mario428   Click Here to Email Mario428     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The thing I do not like about the method shown is all the oil ring gaps in the same quadrant of the piston.
I would put the 2nd ring gap where they show the 1st ring gap. 2nd ring is primarily oil control.
I'm sure the suthor could give reasoning at extensive length but the rings do move around so any arrangement can become meaningless beyond satisfying yourself at assembly time.

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