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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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Default Piston Ringland Compression height for Nitrous?

When looking at stroker kits Im curious as to what is a acceptable ring setup for nitrous. Im not having luck with searching on ringland compression height.

The kits Im looking at show

1.115--- 1/16, 3/16 Rings
1.105 ---1.5, 3mm Rings

The application Im looking into is a 408 LQ9 stroker. Is the bigger the number better? Im in need of some education on this.
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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1.5mm is .060" 1/16 is .062. Not much difference between those two packages in terms of available land thickness.
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okay i'll ask the key factor here, how much nitrous?
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Different piston makers exploit the available ring land thickness for a given compression height in different ways. some maximize the top at the expense of the 2nd. You'll have to give them a call to compare.
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