piston ring choice. sbc
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Is there a piston ring set available for a mild turbocharged sbc 355 in 5/64 that is less than hellfires and you don't have worry about moly flaking off if there is mild detonation?
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Re: piston ring choice. sbc
I have always used Molly rings on all my forced induction engines with zero problems.turbotater wrote:Is there a piston ring set available for a mild turbocharged sbc 355 in 5/64 that is less than hellfires and you don't have worry about moly flaking off if there is mild detonation?
5/64 rings sounds like some old stuff or non forced inductions pistons.
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This is using some old 2256 pistons and I am just a little concerned that the owner of the car may run into a situation of bad gas and heavy foot. I had the engine together for a while on some cast pistons and plain rings and I had no failure but while it is apart this time I was thinking about a small upgrade.
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Re: piston ring choice. sbc
Mild turbo should be OK on moly. Just open the gaps according to the boost level.