Cylinder Honing
#7
FormerVendor
not a whole lot and not usually enough to get everything cleaned up but half a thousandth to a thousandth has been done quite a bit by quite a few people. Just depends on how bad your cylinders are already.
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#9
Does anyone know the ring end gap specs for stock LS2 piston rings? Also on cylinder #7 the pitting can not be caught be a fingernail..But you can feel it with your finger tip...How adversly will this affect piston ring sealing? And how much would I be looking at to have a shop hone that one cylinder? Can you help me out ASAP?!?!Thanks for you replys..
#10
FormerVendor
Does anyone know the ring end gap specs for stock LS2 piston rings? Also on cylinder #7 the pitting can not be caught be a fingernail..But you can feel it with your finger tip...How adversly will this affect piston ring sealing? And how much would I be looking at to have a shop hone that one cylinder? Can you help me out ASAP?!?!Thanks for you replys..
#11
Piston Ring End Gap - First Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.20-0.41 mm
0.008-0.016 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Second Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.37-0.69 mm
0.015-0.027 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Oil Control Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.22-0.79 mm
0.009-0.031 in
Last edited by Petraszewsky; 08-24-2009 at 12:00 AM.
#12
FormerVendor
I'll post up some pics tomorrow...But until then does this sound about right for the stock rings? I'm not a professional engine builder by any means so thanks for all the help...Oh and for the 1st and 2nd compression rings do you know if the dot faces upward or downwards on both?
Piston Ring End Gap - First Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.20-0.41 mm
0.008-0.016 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Second Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.37-0.69 mm
0.015-0.027 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Oil Control Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.22-0.79 mm
0.009-0.031 in
Piston Ring End Gap - First Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.20-0.41 mm
0.008-0.016 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Second Compression Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.37-0.69 mm
0.015-0.027 in
Piston Ring End Gap - Oil Control Ring - Measured in Cylinder Bore - Production
0.22-0.79 mm
0.009-0.031 in
#14
FormerVendor
Yes as long as you don't force them in and it sounds like you are good.
#15
Here's a pic of cylinder #7 and #6...#7 is worse than #6...The bore taper on #7 right now is .005 ....I'm going to hone it some more...The pictures make it look worse than what it is in real life....You can't feel any of it with your finger tip..Also thanks for not bashing and actually helping...
The thinnest gauge I have is .0015 and if I tightly put across a flat surface I can definitely feel it and catch my fingernail on it...So the markings are less than .0015 deep....
The thinnest gauge I have is .0015 and if I tightly put across a flat surface I can definitely feel it and catch my fingernail on it...So the markings are less than .0015 deep....
Last edited by Petraszewsky; 08-24-2009 at 12:15 PM.
#16
FormerVendor
Here's a pic of cylinder #7 and #6...#7 is worse than #6...The bore taper on #7 right now is .005 ....I'm going to hone it some more...The pictures make it look worse than what it is in real life....You can't feel any of it with your finger tip..Also thanks for not bashing and actually helping...
The thinnest gauge I have is .0015 and if I tightly put across a flat surface I can definitely feel it and catch my fingernail on it...So the markings are less than .0015 deep....
The thinnest gauge I have is .0015 and if I tightly put across a flat surface I can definitely feel it and catch my fingernail on it...So the markings are less than .0015 deep....
#18
FormerVendor
I doubt you will have any noise but the rings may wear out faster on these bores as time goies on.
I only know that it won't "help" the rings to be on this finish but they still might cope better than expected.
I only know that it won't "help" the rings to be on this finish but they still might cope better than expected.