Frank Enstein
Best. Day. EVER!
Big blocks often have high oil consumption. One quart/600 miles isn't unheard of.
If the PCV valve is compromised oil consumption will go up significantly.
If you go through it I never recommend a re-ring kit.
By the time you need rings, the ring grooves in the pistons are usually too wide to be reused.
More than .002" bore taper get the block bored.
With bore taper the rings and ring lands of the piston will wear quickly.
I feel the Hastings brand oil control rings are best.
I won't build am engine without Total Seal Rings. TSR uses Hastings style oil control rings.
My Firebird engine is a whopping 9.14:1 compression and with the Total Seal Rings. It cannot be rotated by hand.
It turns easily enough, but when you try to ratchet it back, it pushes the wrench back to where you started!
If the PCV valve is compromised oil consumption will go up significantly.
If you go through it I never recommend a re-ring kit.
By the time you need rings, the ring grooves in the pistons are usually too wide to be reused.
More than .002" bore taper get the block bored.
With bore taper the rings and ring lands of the piston will wear quickly.
I feel the Hastings brand oil control rings are best.
I won't build am engine without Total Seal Rings. TSR uses Hastings style oil control rings.
My Firebird engine is a whopping 9.14:1 compression and with the Total Seal Rings. It cannot be rotated by hand.
It turns easily enough, but when you try to ratchet it back, it pushes the wrench back to where you started!