What piston rings should I go with?
 

Ordered the pistons for my 383 but still trying to decide which piston rings to go with. Motor will be about 12.9-1 CR and have a 200-300 shot on it.

Also what oil pans are you liking?

I use TS Max Seal gapless tops with standard napier seconds. Std tension oil for the street (HV pump, loose motor)

i have a canton with the silly stock screen removed, and i put a cheap milodon or moroso or someones 30 dollar tray in.

For a nitrous motor, Hellfire rings are pretty good.

^^^^#1

Hellfire

Total seal plasma moly classic or speed pro plasma moly

Did you guys use file fit rings or pre fit rings?
Also looks like Jegs has a decent oil pan on sale for $169 but doesnt look like it has an oil sensor hole in it.
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...Term=555-50223
The Moroso pan also looks pretty good
http://www.jegs.com/i/Moroso/710/20185/10002/-1
Canton looks cool but is pricey
http://www.cantonracingproducts.com/...on&key=15-242T

I know Larry runs an oil pan made by "Hamburger oil pans." He seems to like it. Summit sells them, I think.

So looking at piston rings are these the right ones I should be looking at?
Hellfires
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SLP-R-19100-35/
Total seal
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TSR-CR3690-35/
perfect circle
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PCR-3150036-030/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PCR-315-0072-035/

file fit,thats why they are .035 and not .030 stock oil pans and pumps work pretty good

Now why are some rings like this so damn expensive is it worth it?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TSR-MS3690-35/

Call total seal , tell them what your intentions are and they will tell you exactly what to get

of course they will tell me to buy the most expensive ones

If you look at the Hellfire rings, you will notice that they are made of a little more quality, One cast vs the others that have two cast iron rings, if you were N/A then the other rings would be fine, Heck the other rings are still fine for your build, but since you are gonna spray, the Hellfire is worth the little extra money, Iron vs Cast as per Wilkey..
• Better breakage resistance.
• Improved heat resistance.
• Better mechanical stress resistance.
• Reduced ring side wear.
• Reduced groove side wear.
• Longer service life.

Moe are the ones I linked the correct ones you would buy? Any negatives to the Hellfire rings? Would they hold up to street use. I dont want to refesh the motor all the time.

Im also looking at splayed caps for the build. Does anyone have the part numbers you used
Pros and cons of each?

Not sure which one will fit a LT1? Hopefully he chimes in with a PN

Splayed caps and studs ordered so never mind that question.

Mike,

I called Stef's and had them build the pan for my 93's next set up.

Neil