have any of you guys used total seal rings? im in a rebuild right now i was thinking about these because im boosting, but would JE rings be just as good?

 

you mean total **** rings? I have not heard a single good thing about them...use OEM or the rings that came with your pistons.

 

I too have hear that total seal sucks, but that's just what I've heard..

 

I used it on my last setup and it sucked ***!! luckly for me this time, the ross pistons came with some rings.

 

JE rings = Hastings

 

total steal?

 

what exactly makes total seal total ****? I've never used them but I would like to know. Is it that a boosted engine needs a little bit of blowby or what?

 

Quite the opposite....

They take a long time to seat (if they do at all) for one thing. Second, I heard that when you hone the crosshatch on your cylinders, that they need to be really coarse for it to seat.




[Modified by MiraiZ, 11:05 AM 3/19/2003]

 

I've heard total seal rings are bad for Hondas

 

here's my compression just for your info: cylinder 1= 150, 2 = 85, 3 = 50, 4 = 140. I ran them for about close to 6 months!! damn things didn't want to settle in. so that's why i'm changing pistons and rings.

 

I put total seal rings in my motor and i dont like them im going to switch to oem

 

i have total seals in my motor right now, compression was 170, 175, 170, 170. The only reason i got them was because i needed them asap to finish my rebuild and drive my car. Car has had about 25k miles on it since the last rebuild...no problems since.

 

I used total seal in my b16a w/no problems. I got them in my new motor too. It all depends on the machine shop that does the honing.

 

I even honed the block myself and no problems

 

well im definitely not getting them then. thanks alot guys