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Originally Posted by Eldi Z
Are the ring gaps proven to be different between the engines?
Everyone is talking about the tight ring gaps inside the LT1 pistons and the danger of them butting in heated situations, but I have not read about this data for LT4 engines.
Clearly the lower compression together with Forged material helps longevity and handling more boost and heat on LT4s, but if the problem remains the tight ring gaps...then what?
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Given that LT4 short blocks seem to handle ~900 WHP pretty routinely, I suspect it’s not an issue. At this point we have a decade of LT4 data and it takes a pretty serious build (or a terrible fueling & tune issue lol) to smoke them.
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