Let's turn the question around. How much power do you hope to gain from TS rings, over the Wiseco ones?
Given the risk, the money is probably better spent elsewhere, such as say, extrude honing the turbine housing and a 200-cell metal cat. --- Jerry Malsam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got a couple questions from my engine builder > (building my street 300whp > 1.8L, Wiseco 8.8CR skirt-coated pistons) concerning > Total Seal rings that I > need some opinions on: > > 1. The Total Seal guy is suggesting that we use a > gapless ring as the top > ring, and the highest possible tension on the oil > control ring. I was > thinking the gapless ring was usually used for the > *second* ring for boosted > applications. > 2. More confounding, the Total Seal guy is > suggesting that we plug the oil > squirters. I'm thinking..., whaaa', HUH??? This > would make sense for a built > N/A motor, but it seems like a terrible idea for > boosted street engine, > where temps are much higher. (Also, I plan to use an > oil cooler, so I would > think I'd want as much heat transferred to the oil > as possible.) Thoughts? > 3. (This question is my own!) Are the Total Seal > rings just a bad idea? I > know they have a sketchy history with Miatas, but I > thought they've been > redesigned since them. And yet I'm still reading > about people burning > excessive oil with them. I don't mind the extra $$ > for the Toal Seals, but > especially considering this is for a street car, am > I better off just using > with the conventional rings that came with the > Wisecos? What's the scoop? > > Thanks, and I hope to be posting some pretty dyno > plots in another month or > two! > --Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
