0.083 over piston rings
- Thread starter Will D
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V8COOPMAN
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Will....Did you try contacting Fred Wilner at Southside Obsolete, "barnfind08"(via PM) here on F'Barn?
OR
James Saccoccio
Gotham Auto Parts,LLC
340 Cherry Street
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
sales@gothamautoparts.com
Tel: (718) 878-3699
Coop
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Kube
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Those were made exactly for the purpose you'd stated. Pull the sleeves, hone the block, install new oversize pistons. fast and reasonable.
The availability of those pistons dried up decades ago making them valuable. I do not know whether or not they are now being reproduced.
CA Victoria
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I bought my pistons from Egge for my 8BA. They were their stock 4 ring piston spcl order so it takes a couple of weeks to get them.
Seems like I ran stock Hastings .080 rings, the .003 dia difference shouldn’t translate into a appreciable difference in the final end gap measurement......
Also used total seal to seat the rings.
Seems like I ran stock Hastings .080 rings, the .003 dia difference shouldn’t translate into a appreciable difference in the final end gap measurement......
Also used total seal to seat the rings.
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cadillac512
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I believe JWL posted that he may have some of the .083" over stuff he'd sell. Might contact him to see.
Ken/Alabama
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Use .080 rings if need be. I couldn’t find any .083 rings when I rebuilt a Flathead for a friend so I used .080. Still running strong after 20 years and many miles.
Phil Gillespie
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I had some plus 83 rings from Egge.
Try them may still have them.
Phil NZ
Try them may still have them.
Phil NZ
swanwaco32
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Couple of years ago I got them from Hastings.