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Old 05-28-2009   #4
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Re: Piston ring end gap
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Originally Posted by Capinoy123 View Post
What are your theory's on piston ring end gap? What end gap do some of you use? (who build motors) .014", .020"? And why? The first motor i built had .017" ring end gap, seemed to work pretty good. But i herd some people run .20"+ on there 4G63T. Just want some input.
.20" on a 4g63?
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As John mentioned, most manufactures have recommondations of gap per inch of bore. What size pistons, what manufacture/type of pistons? What setup? Top ring? Second ring?
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