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How many of you 632 & up guys run light tension springs, I'm rebuilding my 632 now and I have both light & std. tension rings, I would like to take full advantage of my 5 stage dry sump & 4 vane enhanced vac. pump & gas ported slugs but am worried if it'll 'Huff' alittle....my machinist/advisor don't like using light tension rings on big bore pistons. Thanks! Hairy Smiley
 
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A little smoke on start up never hurt anyone.....lol....
 
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This is diceman1530 's old motor built by PAR w/ light tension rings. Hoping for 1100 hp.
...that's 1 vote for light by Howie...
 
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A little smoke on start up never hurt anyone.....lol....

Agreed but my engine is 17 cubic inches shy of the club.
 
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Originally posted by Richie:
How many of you 632 & up guys run light tension springs, I'm rebuilding my 632 now and I have both light & std. tension rings, I would like to take full advantage of my 5 stage dry sump & 4 vane enhanced vac. pump & gas ported slugs but am worried if it'll 'Huff' alittle....my machinist/advisor don't like using light tension rings on big bore pistons. Thanks! Hairy Smiley


What size is the oil ring,, 3 mm standard tension rings are pretty light to start with vs 3/16"

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A little smoke on start up never hurt anyone.....lol....


Just like with the Q,,, cheater!!! Full Moon
 
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Easy Patroit lover.........
 
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Yup, 3 mm. The low tension set is 11-12#'s, can't find info on set that is on pistons now - he told me they were 14#'s....JG7708-4600-5
Ain't a whole lot of difference there so I'll throw them in as-is w/ 14's...
 
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How much vac can you draw?


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Easy Patroit lover.........


The correct word is fan! Pat's fan!

BTW I thought Q was not allowed in Comp! Need for speed
 
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Comp? I'm just a bracket racer.....lol
 
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I would stick with 14#. It will probably be 8 when its running. The aluminum block grows. The bore isn't exact because its been honed a second or third time.
 
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I didn't see anyone ask , will this engine see any nitrous ???
 
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Machinist of mine doesn't want me running them, so never have. At 555ci. It's is not worth the little bit of power and since I bracket race... Always come back to probably not worth it.



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Don't do the light rings. You will make more HP with an oil free cylinder than you will by reduced drag on the oil ring.
 
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I wouldn't run anything but those. If the hone is right it won't smoke, especially with lots of vacuum.


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Don't do the light rings. You will make more HP with an oil free cylinder than you will by reduced drag on the oil ring.


This ^^^^^^
Not worth taking the chance of oil contaminating your combustion chamber, it's a quick path to detonation.


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Thanks all, I went w/ the 14# rings - I already had a detonation failure once upon a time, don't want that again...Motors going in 2-nite!
 
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