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what piston ring would you buy to rebuild

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Old 12-03-2011, 10:03 PM
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i have total seal piston rings in right now. and i was wondering what other brands are good and what brand would you run..

and for the rebuild reason is i want it to look brand new and there is oil over the engine and i want to tear it down to rebuild can i use the old rings the engine has 8k miles max. any info would help thanks everyone...
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i have total seal piston rings in right now. and i was wondering what other brands are good and what brand would you run..

and for the rebuild reason is i want it to look brand new and there is oil over the engine and i want to tear it down to rebuild can i use the old rings the engine has 8k miles max. any info would help thanks everyone...
I opted to go with total seal rings for my FI build.
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unobtainium rings. best you can ever get your hands on.
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Total seal here as well. with JE pro forged pistons cylinder pressure has always been very good for me and these rings



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