See,...little by little. I'm justifying the tear down.
The head gasket is coming. Now gasket failure is not a concern, stopping the blow by gets attention.
All things in a perfect world, I'd want to target 16-18 psi. Whether or not I'll actually do that remains to be seen. I cannot remember what rings are currently in the engine, but I do know that they are low tension.
I'm sure that when I built this engine, I looked at the ring mfgs gap recommendation based on expected boost levels, and I gapped them accordingly. ( which is probably too much as well)
The bottom line, and the reason that I'll pull this engine apart next month is that this is a street car. It'll always be a street car. As much as I btch about 900 hp street cars, 16-18 psi in my car will be just as over the top relatively speaking.
If I was smart, I'd set a limit. I should say that I definitely will not exceed 15 pounds, and stick there.
So,..that brings me to the question: Is there anybody out here using a specific ring? Anybody using a gap less set? What about Hell fire rings? Or,...more my speed..is there anybody just using a regular old set of $50.00 plasma moly rings?
The head gasket is coming. Now gasket failure is not a concern, stopping the blow by gets attention.
All things in a perfect world, I'd want to target 16-18 psi. Whether or not I'll actually do that remains to be seen. I cannot remember what rings are currently in the engine, but I do know that they are low tension.
I'm sure that when I built this engine, I looked at the ring mfgs gap recommendation based on expected boost levels, and I gapped them accordingly. ( which is probably too much as well)
The bottom line, and the reason that I'll pull this engine apart next month is that this is a street car. It'll always be a street car. As much as I btch about 900 hp street cars, 16-18 psi in my car will be just as over the top relatively speaking.
If I was smart, I'd set a limit. I should say that I definitely will not exceed 15 pounds, and stick there.
So,..that brings me to the question: Is there anybody out here using a specific ring? Anybody using a gap less set? What about Hell fire rings? Or,...more my speed..is there anybody just using a regular old set of $50.00 plasma moly rings?