Piston ring end gaps matter more than you think because they manage pressure and heat, preventing catastrophic failures ...

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 ...

Here you can see basic piston terminology, including major and minor thrust locations. Of particular note is the fact that piston pin offset can be used to counteract combustion pressures on the ...

Hannover, Germany, September 23, 2014- Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation (FDML) has significantly reduced the friction of heavy-duty diesel piston rings by a ...

Piston ring grooves serve a larger purpose than simply supporting the rings. They impact combustion sealing, oil control, friction, and many more engine attributes. Wiseco is a world leader in piston ...

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Three boxes of piston rings from three different Toyota engineers from three different eras. The 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and ...

Internal combustion engine blowby, whether gasoline or diesel, occurs when part of the compressed mixture of air and fuel leaks past the piston rings during the compression or power strokes of a ...

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