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Old 01-17-2011, 09:43 AM
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anybody ever ran the piston rings that come with the diamond pistons I'm guessing there the pro selects from diamond anyone ran them with boost if so how much and for how long
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I have had mine in since Sep 2003 running 8 psi on them from the beginning.
Old 01-17-2011, 11:12 AM
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cool man I'm tryin to run anywhere from 10 to 12 psi with fmic and meth hopefully I will be ok
Old 01-17-2011, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TermnEatr
cool man I'm tryin to run anywhere from 10 to 12 psi with fmic and meth hopefully I will be ok
I daily drove mine for years after I built it with forged rods and pistons. I raced it about once a month usually. Now it just sits in Florida at my parents house. At least until I move back to the US.
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I've been running them at over 600rwhp for 5 years now no problems.
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cool makes me feel alot better
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I have been right around the same level of power as hydrosteam for 7 years. You will be fine.
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To bump this back up wrapping things up on my build my d1 is pullied to around 16 -17 psi and around 750 is what I'm aiming for maybe close to 8 not real sure yet but my only fear in my whole build is still these rings failing anyone have any opinions. I'm stressing on this **** lol
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In mt two 347's I ran the total seal boost rings. I never had a ring issue with either motor
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Does diamond use any other rings that would come with there -15cc piston? The guy I bought the motor from said it had the rings that came with the pistons .
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I'm making about 1000hp now, no issues still.
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Originally Posted by hydrostream6
i'm making about 1000hp now, no issues still.
nice!
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i am ordering diamonds from speed inc for my 9:5 d1sc build. so are you saying the pistons will automatically come with this great set of rings? that would be sweet. and explain the 700-800 bucks.
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I've been researching a lot about them and have seen alot of good things about there rings so far so I'm sticking with them for sure now



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