piston ring question?

ok so since i am in the process of swaping in new bearings and rings i was wondering what would happen if i didnt gap my rings, i just put them in and now iam thinking what would happen. should i pull them back out and gap them to spec. what would happen if the rings wernt gapped at all?

anybody

I've seen really bad cylinder wear and blowby problems. Usually only a worst case senario. But most rings only need a couple thousandths shaved to close up right, if at all.

dont gap see what happens. i've seen what happens but you try it out.

TheEF2kid wrote:dont gap see what happens. i've seen what happens but you try it out.

ok that dont help at all. if you dont know or dont want to tell me then dont post. well everything is in and it runs fine but wont idle at all and i think my oil pump is blown now use too much lucas oil. i'll just stop working on it till my stage 2 cams come in.

why didn't you check the spec clearance first before trying to put that in there? do you really want to build a boat anchor?

if piston rings are not gapped that might cause oil to float above ur pistons where they shouldn't b and make sure u stagger them

piston rings should be gap just like spark plugs should be but the thing is how much of a gap???? the stock brand new sleeves are certain spec but then again.. a worn sleeve should be taken into considerations. i'm not sure of spec's when everytime me and ron do it, we just eye ball it. a warn sleeve should have different diameter then a brand new one right? give ron a call.^^

ron told me one time that he never gap his ring, but its suppose to be .008 top and .009 for 2nd honda d series. any way this thread is old got that pos zc working and then oil pump went out so now on to new motor 99 zc with 25,000 jdm miles.

i just got done puting new motor in and that thing pulls lol pretty good for a sohc.

did you get the racing cams in there?