Chevy Piston Ring Stagger

Aligning ring end.

Chevy piston ring stagger.

Once the piston rings are on the piston stagger the end gaps. Install compression rings on pistons. The reason to offset the ring gaps on assembly is to avoid having any gaps lined up that will increase blow by for the first few min after startup. Rings installed in the wrong grooves or the wrong side up can lead to excessive oil consumption and blow by and possible scuffing of the cylinders.

At 5 000 rpm crank the rings may be rotating about 10 rpm. I am speaking of a 1969 350 chevy with 12 to 1 pop ups. Often the piston rings won t fit in the bore out of the box because they are oversize. As the title states and there will be more on this soon is the usual voice over.

Install oil rings on pistons. Buddy of mine read somewhere about how you stagger the spacing according to how the engine rotates clockwise counter clockwise i ve read you do not want ring gap paralell with the rod another says ring gap on the same line as the piston pin another says install rings on a full moon night. Bore 2 00cc head volume chevy ls set of 8. This prevents oil flow past the rings.

07 03 02 12 25 pm post 113438 in response to there s lots of opinions on this. Yeah on 4 stoke engines the rings actually rotate while the engine is running. Gap and stagger piston rings. It is important that the ring end gaps are not lined up.

I had a book from gm but it is missing. Anyone have any tips suggestions etc. Pistons flat top competition series forged aluminum 4 070 in. Any help would be great.

The next step is to install the ring in the appropriate bore using a piston ring squaring tool. Set end gap to spec. What is the best place to install the top rings for the best horsepower and performance. Find chevrolet 5 3l 325 pistons piston rings and get free shipping on orders over 99 at summit racing.

I ve always put the top ring gap at 9 o clock or 3 o clock 2nd 180 from that top oil ring rail another 180 and the last one another 180. This segment shows how to properly fit new rings. I am thinking maybe the ring gap on top should be placed in the middle on top and 2nd ring should be placed just opposite. Diamond pistons 11545 r1 8 diamond pistons chevy ls competition series pistons.