So... it begs the question.... what is the going rate for a Kidney nowadays?

I think he'd enev need to get a record price for a black market kidney to break even.

It's good to hear it's coming along again. sorry to hear about your setback. grabbed your vid looking good. Keep up the good work and better luck this time with the motor deano

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and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

how do you get gapless rings on to the pistons ??

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Hi Simon,

They still have gaps, that is a split in the ring to get them on.

But the metal composition of the ring means that it doesnt expand as much as gapped rings and therefore dont need a gap to allow for expansion without binding.

The ends of the ring just butt up to each other and there you have it. A lot of high-performance cars have them now as it limits the risk of blowby and therefore ring groove damage.

Cheers,
Tricky

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ohhh, I get it... I wonder if they sell them for Hondas .. ?

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I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.

Yeah they sell them for Honda's

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1972 US Export Moke in Bundaberg QLD

I have actually seen pistons that screw apart where the groves are and you actually put rings on without splits in them. pretty expencive, same kinda idea

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

HP,

Never seen that before.

I have seen one-piece rings where you superheat the rings and cryo-freeze the pistons and the rings slip, one colls the other heats up and badda-bang badda-boom, one-piece rings on pistons.

Specialty item though - big marine diesels etc.

Tricky

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I actually used them on a Nissan 2l turbo a few years back. They came ex Japan and were low compression pistons for a 2.2l stroker crankshaft. they were the only ones I could find so I could use pretty big boost with the stroker. once all the rings were in place I loctited a grub screw into the side of their thread so they never come loose. Tricky stuff. But the motors still going well with 75K on the clock. They were called screw top pistons didn't think much of it when I was building the engine.

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

Great News!!!

Engine is back together.

Mini is back home.... (huge thanks to Simple (Simon) for keeping Bigbad nice & safe in his Garage)

Now to put the engine back in & then put the pedal to the medal.

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Relationships! The only time you get to sleep with the enemy!
1972 US Export Moke in Bundaberg QLD

Yeah, we wanna see burnout videos

You still picking it up tommorow?

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Great News Dean....Let me Know

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ehehhe.. that is exciting news.. not too long to go now

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