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Old 19-10-06, 07:11 PM
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Re: Engine gone bang !

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Originally Posted by wilf leek
Also, if, when you strip it, you find a piece of top piston ring land missing, then the ring gap was too small, and the extra heat generated by the NOS butted up the rings. Ring gaps need to be bigger for any kind of power adder.
Also, if you were running KB's, then the top ring gap has to be bigger than stock or you will break a land. (from what Ive been told)
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