Re: .031" Dykes or .043" Rings ?
3160 lbs to be exact and best numbers are 9.77 @ 138+ with a 1.27 60 foot
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/o...cketFinals.jpg this nothing special 400 powered this ride to back to back track championships and a ROC win in these 450 runs..;) Same ring package in my 522 BB with 350 passes on them seeing 8000 in the lights. |
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I just prefer 1/16" for bracket and .031" Pressure Back for high rpm low drag. I want to try an .031" with a .043" Napier as I use 1/16" x .145" Napier usually |
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400 Gm block, GM nodular crank, GM camel hump heads with no intake runner porting but are bowl ported and exhaust runners polished, vic jr, solid flat tappet, flat tops with 1/16" 1/16" 3/16" rings The engine break away torque was 17 or 18 foot pounds, constant was 14 foot pounds. The engine seals up great, making about 520-530hp my ET's. Over 250 runs without .001" change in lash with 160 seat and 400 open on std crane solid lifters. Switched to alky when he bought a dragster and left the team with the engine,,, has went as fast as 8.60/.8.70's consistently He wanted me to maybe rebuild the engine, pulled the pan off and called me. Engine looks like new. Gets no alky in oil, rings gapped .022" / .030"+ |
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ALL the gas ports were plugged with carbon. The engine is running with low tension oil rings/no evac system and I feel it oiled up top and added to the carbon buildup. As I said earlier I would not choose this combination myself for a bracket engine that went this long between being rebuilt or this many runs. I would use the std 1/16" top rings. I did use the Hellfires in one engine and they wore the tops of the cylinders. A 555 with Big Dukes.... I ran .031" Dykes a lot in flat piston small block engines. Typical SS type 350's. That was pretty std. 20 years ago.....I ran those rings very high on the pistons. I think they were .050" down on at least one engine. Never had any problem but I was never able to run with the fast guys back then with my budget..... |
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We use domed pistons many times, so we cant run the Dykes ring that high but what we do is run it .100 to .200 down depending on dome and valve pockets and turn the upper ring land down so gas pressure can apply the ring IMO 1/16" is the best damn bracket ring out, 1/16" top, 1/16" Napier Second or Reverse Twist, 3/16" 16 pound oil ring If I want any more gain from the rings, Dykes, .031" I do want to try an 1/16" GoldFinish top ring, due to it solving the wear issues with the 043 The GoldFinish is a face coated TNT/Hellfire ring thats lapped too, The GoldFinish 043 is much better than normal 043 rings or AP 043 rings |
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[QUOTE=trmnatr;238064]You own the green Camaro ED posts the pics of??? If so nice car
No it's not mine. Owner is a well known footbrake bracket racer and he also has 2 LT-1 Stockers now. I agree about the 1/16" top rings... I am trying a set of gapless 1/16" tops with napier seconds and Hastings style oil rings in my own engine......509 BB .... This will be an injected alcohol burner this year....I've had good luck with those sytems and am back to one again now..... |
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You guys are talking bracket engines now. Apples vs oranges.
Edit: Wonder why this old one came back up? |
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Is it because Ed is lost and trying to find his way home?
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