Wrong Piston Rings??
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Wrong Piston Rings?? Hey all just wanted to come here to double check if my stupid mistake is fixable. I am rebuilding a 2005 5.3 for a swap and ordered a new set of piston rings as the original ones had 200k miles on them. However, I accidentally ordered rings for an engine that is .020 over, and I'm staying factory bore. My question is this: will I run into any issues just filing down these bigger rings to the correct gap? I tried to research this to no avail and wanted to come here and ask people who know more than me. Thanks!
I wouldn't use them. You can change the gap (with a lot of work), but those rings are made to a specific bore size. You'll end up squeezing them tighter to fit a smaller bore, and end up with more tension on the rings than optimal. My opinion, but I think most would agree.....
