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Tuning À la carte
Washed out piston rings.
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<blockquote data-quote="01yellercobra" data-source="post: 16348032" data-attributes="member: 35549"><p>Honestly you're the first person I've heard say to take it easy on the stainless rings. Everyone else I've talked to including the manufacturer said they need pressure to seat. And if they don't seat within the first 20 minutes they never will. I'm sure there are exceptions to that. But then I've also always believed in breaking it in how I'm going to drive it.</p><p></p><p>My first big bore stroker was built by a local builder that did a lot of mod motors. It was supposed to have stainless rings, but I later learned it had moly. Anyway, I broke it in how he said by taking it easy for the first 100 or so miles. That engine never ran right. After finding an issue with the liners I switched to a Boss block with the same rotating assembly. I built that engine myself. I fired it it up and checked for leaks. Shut it off and drained the oil. Put it new oil and drove it about two blocks so it could get some heat then proceeded to hit full boost. That engine lasted about 20k miles and the only reason it died was because of a blown radiator hose in socal traffic. Couldn't get it shut off in time to save it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="01yellercobra, post: 16348032, member: 35549"] Honestly you're the first person I've heard say to take it easy on the stainless rings. Everyone else I've talked to including the manufacturer said they need pressure to seat. And if they don't seat within the first 20 minutes they never will. I'm sure there are exceptions to that. But then I've also always believed in breaking it in how I'm going to drive it. My first big bore stroker was built by a local builder that did a lot of mod motors. It was supposed to have stainless rings, but I later learned it had moly. Anyway, I broke it in how he said by taking it easy for the first 100 or so miles. That engine never ran right. After finding an issue with the liners I switched to a Boss block with the same rotating assembly. I built that engine myself. I fired it it up and checked for leaks. Shut it off and drained the oil. Put it new oil and drove it about two blocks so it could get some heat then proceeded to hit full boost. That engine lasted about 20k miles and the only reason it died was because of a blown radiator hose in socal traffic. Couldn't get it shut off in time to save it. [/QUOTE]
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