JE Pistons & block assembly

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn c Meze)]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:28:22 -0500 (EST) Mark <maardak@yahoo.ca> writes:

> A split second after the engine starts for the first time, oil will 
> be all over the cylinder walls, and therefore the rings will get
> lubricated.  If the pistons were installed without oil, how will 
> this very short time w/ no lubrication aid in seating the rings?


The answer is in your question. 
All I know is, the 3 motors I built with total seal rings, 2 of them were
assembled dry and they worked fine. The first one that I built, I did the
old lube up the cyl walls trick and the rings never seated. Low
compression ect. The bottom line is, they must be assembled dry for then
to seat properly. Im told by one of the former owners that this is the
main reason Velocity stopped using them. (Cant believe im siding with
Christopher on this one. damn...) 


Shawn Méze
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Scirocco" 84' Scirocco 8V 82' Scirocco RIP 80' Scirocco S 79' "Project
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