First-time engine builders and those working on mass-produced powerplants commonly use off-the-shelf pregapped piston rings. However, high-performance engine builders seem to spend a lot of time ...

It's a well-known fact that piston ring gaps represent an area of pressure loss in a running engine. It has been found that minimizing end gap under operating conditions offers a measurable power ...

If asked what you wanted for piston rings in your engine build, would you know how to answer? Piston rings have the most important job in your engine. We will get arguments on this one because there ...