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Engine Tech Q&A Featuring Total Seal and EFI University

Join us for a live engine tech Q&A at 12pm EST on April 29, where you can ask Ben Strader, Keith Jones and Lake Speed Jr. all your burning engine questions. Nothing is off limits – everything from 11,000 rpm LS engines to 3,000 horsepower diesels and beyond is fair game for these experienced and

Cylinder Finish and Piston Ring Webinar

Join PERA for this webinar on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 10:00 AM CDT with Ed Kiebler of Rottler Manufacturing and Keith Jones of Total Seal Piston Rings. Ed Kiebler of Rottler Manufacturing and Keith Jones of Total Seal team up to discuss the science behind what makes a great finish. Ed will explain and demonstrate

Total Seal Forms Alliance with Race Winning Brands’ Piston Manufacturers

Officials from Total Seal Piston Rings have announced a new alliance with Diamond, JE and Wiseco Pistons. As part of the partnership, Total Seal piston rings are now available as an upgrade option on any piston from JE Pistons, Wiseco Performance Products or Diamond Pistons. The three performance piston brands are all under the Race

Total Seal Hires Lake Speed Jr. as VP Sales and Marketing

Total Seal Piston Rings has announced Lake Speed, Jr. joined the company as the new vice president of sales & marketing, effective December 1, 2019.

Dan Qualls Rejoins King Engine Bearings

King Engine Bearings has announced the appointment of Dan Qualls as national sales manager. Dan served from 2013-2015 as King’s national sales manager and played a significant role in expanding King’s distribution network in North America.

Total Seal Claimer Gapless Ring Sets

Total Seal has expanded its line of Claimer Gapless rings sets designed specifically for budget minded racers. These are perfect for weekend circle track and bracket drag racers who want all the performance improvements that Gapless offers, but on a tighter budget.

Pistons & Rings Update

While piston materials and designs have evolved over the years to compensate for higher pressures and heat expansion, selecting a piston that is optimized for combustion chamber conditions can be challenging because there are so many variables to consider.

Total Seal HSS High Performance Diesel 2.0mm High Speed Top Rings

Total Seal has announced new 2.0mm Rectangular High Speed Steel (HSS) Top rings for Diesel aftermarket high performance pistons. Rectangular rings offer superior ring seal and decreased blow-by when compared to OE style Keystone rings.

Why Do Piston Rings Keep Getting Thinner?

The classic Hollywood line is you can’t be too rich or too thin. While full-figured starlets may now be finding favor in tinsel town, the too-thin line is still in vogue when it comes to piston rings. It wasn’t all that long ago when state of the art racing piston ring thicknesses hovered between 1/16-inch

Total Seal AP Ring Sets for GM 5.3L LS/LT Engines

Total Seal has announced AP ring sets for the popular GM 5.3L LS/LT engines. Available in gapless or conventional style, these new AP’s are great options for power adder applications.

Total Seal Gas-Ported Rings

Total Seal has announced a breakthrough in piston ring design for those racers desiring gas-ported performance without gas-ported pistons. The new Gas-Ported Rings feature strategically sized and placed horizontal slots for the gas to enter the groove behind the ring.

Total Seal Diesel Gapless Ring Sets

Total Seal has announced new applications for its Gapless technology high performance piston ring sets for diesel engines. With their extremely high cylinder pressures, the benefits of Gapless rings for diesel engines are even greater than they are for gas.

Piston Ring Selection

Through the proper selection of style, size and material, rings prevent blowby by sealing against the groove in the piston as well as against the cylinder wall. They should be as flat as possible, fit the piston grooves as tightly as possible, have the least amount of end gap that the engine can safely tolerate, and be as conformable as possible to seal against the cylinder wall.

The Lost Art of Knurling Pistons Takes Skill – And Guts

Thanks to my late friend Pete Baldoni, a former NAPA store owner many years ago, I am the proud owner of a genuine Perfect Circle Piston Nurlizing  Machine (Note: Perfect Circle spelled knurl with an N). Pete gave me that PC machine years ago, after closing the machine shop part of his NAPA store.

Pistons and Rings – The Technical Price for Horsepower

Pistons and piston rings have been a hot topic of discussion among engine builders. At some point in our past, it seems as though there have been some piston shape and design changes along with some applied thermal and friction coatings – the same can also be said for piston rings. Piston rings seem to have become smaller with different shapes, finishes and coatings.

Pistons and Rings – The Technical Price for Horsepower

One of the most overlooked components of the internal combustion engine is the piston ring. It is, by scale, one of the hardest working components in the engine. And when you are building an engine, before choosing your piston rings you have to determine your application.

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Forged LSA Piston and Ring Set

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering announces the release of its forged 4.070-inch LSA piston and ring set for GM LSA, LS3 and LS9 engine blocks. Designed to work in combination with the wide variety of supercharger pulleys and supercharger upgrades available from Lingenfelter for the LSA engine.

JE Pistons Expands Ford Modular Product Offerings

JE Pistons, a leader in high-performance forged and billet racing pistons, has redesigned and expanded its product offering for the Ford Modular 4.6L and 5.4L engines along with releasing new part numbers for the Ford Modular Coyote 5.0L. These new JE Pistons utilize a dedicated 2618 alloy Forged Side Relief (FSR) forging that was specifically designed for high horsepower modular engines.

Performance Piston Rings

When you’re building a performance engine, what kind of piston rings should you use? Rings run the gamut from cast iron to ductile iron to steel, with various dimensions, edge profiles and wear coatings. There are a lot of choices available and a lot of questions to answer. Some piston sets come with rings while

How Piston Rings Affect Horsepower

The rings seal the pistons to prevent air and oil from being drawn past the rings into the combustion chamber during the intake stroke. During the compression stroke, the rings make sure the air/fuel stays in the combustion chamber and is fully compressed before it is ignited. During the power stroke, the rings prevent pressure