AM Rings?

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Originally Posted by LGAFF

Calling total seal tomorrow about a set....will see what the cost is...they left a message on monday saying they could do it

Lee,

That is great and I hope it works out for the future of the LT5. I offered to send piston and rings too and the guy I was dealing with did not want to consider that since they already had rings made so he would not listen that their rings were off from the original ring specs.

[LGAFF]

Mine show as Custom order.....they advised these are the widest rings out there on the market right now......nothing closer. Easiest way to access is to have them check under my name. Calling Wiseco and a few piston companies to see what pistons would cost that use a more common size..like LS1/LS6 3.898


ZR-1 CORVETTE5.7L90-UP 3.89899.009 1.75 1.75 3.5 T1031 CR1031STDS/RSTD

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Lee,

You should be good to go and I know when I was contemplating the issue I had consulted with several builders. I had a little more clearance than what you are showing so I had concern with those rings and used OEM instead since I was able to get the last of loose sets from Jerry. Two of the builders knew of the ring issues from Total Seal and one used them. He said he could not notice any issues if there were. Even though I did not take a chance on them, I bought a back up set since I got it for a little over $120 as those rings I felt were better than no rings.

Craig

[A26B]

Lee,
You will need to carefully check these rings out. The compression rings have a history of being too thin, resulting in side clearance on the top side of acceptable. They also are not as wide as stock rings, meaning they are not as well supported in the ring groove when compressed. They will work, but short life due to flutter & ultimately breakage, may occur.

If you buy them, please let us know your findings.

[limey]

I am unsure if total seal have these rings anymore, so you may not be able to source them direct, however we do have plenty in stock if you want them. $249.99 per set.

I have sold these ring kits for 3 + years now and never had one issue with any customer, i've assembled motors in house and never had any issues with fitment. I found out about these rings through Marc and to get the word from the horses mouth it would be best to ask him, but... i am certain he uses them in stock motors.

I had one customer send a set back to me as he wasn;t certain he wanted to put these in his motor, that's fine we took them back, but i wouldn't hesitate in putting these Total Seal ring kits in any motor and would be happy to do so all day long. I can't say i have heard of any engine with these rings go 100,000 miles, but on the other hand i haven't heard of any failing after 1000 miles.

[A26B]

As a matter of clarification to the subject of my fitment post above, I do NOT have any personal experience with the fitment of the subject rings, nor did I know that Kurt sold Total Seal Rings. The information I provided was from two independent sources and was meant as a cautionary advisory.

If Marc Haibeck says they're good to go in a stock piston, then I'm sure he has checked fitment thoroughly and found them serviceable.

[LGAFF]

I checked into the issues, I was told that I need to check, however the issue was brought to their attention and supposedly has been fixed, the cost is $309.00

But as noted, no one has come forward with issues from the orginal rings

[mike100]

the TS gapless ring has a lot of controversy even in the small block world. They might be good for certain race engine applications, but something you want to run good for 10 years and not use a ton of oil, a standard moly faced top ring and original style cut and oil rings seems like the easiest decision.

[LGAFF]

Looks like I am going to send them the rings and a piston to check out.

[LGAFF]

Guess I will go it alone......

PS: Cam emblems will now be $70 per