piston rings & wiseco's

[jick]

is it perfectly ok to stick with the wiseco piston rings that come with the pistons or should i upgrade to total seals as a matter of course?

any thoughts guys?

[Fastbrit]

Replace top ring, rest are fine.

[jick]

thanks Keith..

[Jon]

Are these the 1/1.2/2.8 mm rings? They are hard to replace with other brands I found out.

[n2o]

is it perfectly ok to stick with the wiseco piston rings that come with the pistons or should i upgrade to total seals as a matter of course?

any thoughts guys?

I am running wiseco, and I use to run total seal on 2nd. The engine put out 254 on the dyno. Then I change to "all" wiseco rings, and the engine put out exactly the same (254). The reason for me to go back to "all" wiseco is that I did some reading, an suddenly find out how the ring pack works all togheter.

save the money for something smarter.....is my opinion.

Thanks
Roar

[jick]

Are these the 1/1.2/2.8 mm rings? They are hard to replace with other brands I found out.

they're ....top ring .2270
               2nd ring.1500
               3rd ring..0800

i suppose i'm just trying to save a few ££, if i need total seals i'll buy them, but if its a luxury rather than a neccesity then i'll use the wiseco's....

[n2o]

..find out how pistonrings works, and you will agree with me, that it is not luxury to use total seal, its just money down the drain. (unless you are using pistons with only one compression ring)

Thanks
Roar

[Paul Bate]

I have to agree with Roar (N2O) don't waste your money, the rings that come with Weiscos are just  fine. The fancy rings may look good on a leek down test but in real performance no difference. I aslo had that confirmed by I.C.E. Rob Lawing who builds Pro Mod engines.

Regards Paul Bate 

[jick]

thanks paul, and everyone else for your input....much appreciated..

[Roman]

Are these the 1/1.2/2.8 mm rings? They are hard to replace with other brands I found out.

they're ....top ring .2270
               2nd ring.1500
               3rd ring..0800

i suppose i'm just trying to save a few ££, if i need total seals i'll buy them, but if its a luxury rather than a neccesity then i'll use the wiseco's....

That sounds like ring gaps. JHU was referring to the ring height.