Do you handle the break in procedure any difference if you have chrome piston rings?my mechanic friend looked at them and didn't think they were chrome rings, the oil and middle ring where black, and the compression[CODE][/CODE] ring is silver, not shiny chrome plated looking silver. But now looking at the box, I see that its says chrome on the side.
The rings that came with the old old NOS MTC Engineering big bore kit are Hastings rings that, after researching from seeing a permanent-marker-blacked-out Honda/Nissan designation on the box, fit a 1971-1978 Honda Civic engine! At least I can get rings without having to custom order anything, if I could find rings for such an old Honda engine. I find it shocking that Hastings would make chrome rings for such an economy car, but it definitely says chrome on the side of the box.
my big concern is that a chrome rings are incredibly hard from what I have read, and much more difficult to break in. The machine shop guy looked at the box of the rings and I think mumbling something that was probably referring to the chrome, as I believe you use a more coarse hone when honing the cylinders for chrome rings.
what is to be expected when trying to break these things in? I was planning on 20 hard miles of accelerating and decelerating to break in the rings, but it now sounds like I should spend at least 30 or 40 & ride it pretty darn hard for a few hundred miles thereafter.
Any advice?
The rings that came with the old old NOS MTC Engineering big bore kit are Hastings rings that, after researching from seeing a permanent-marker-blacked-out Honda/Nissan designation on the box, fit a 1971-1978 Honda Civic engine! At least I can get rings without having to custom order anything, if I could find rings for such an old Honda engine. I find it shocking that Hastings would make chrome rings for such an economy car, but it definitely says chrome on the side of the box.
my big concern is that a chrome rings are incredibly hard from what I have read, and much more difficult to break in. The machine shop guy looked at the box of the rings and I think mumbling something that was probably referring to the chrome, as I believe you use a more coarse hone when honing the cylinders for chrome rings.
what is to be expected when trying to break these things in? I was planning on 20 hard miles of accelerating and decelerating to break in the rings, but it now sounds like I should spend at least 30 or 40 & ride it pretty darn hard for a few hundred miles thereafter.
Any advice?
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