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ATTENTION ENGINE BUILDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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does anyone know what the clearance from the ring land to the ring should be??...originally it had metric rings but ive since bought new standard pistons and dont know if i need 1/16 or5/64 compression rings. please help!!....chilton manual says .004 but thats kind of tight with 5/64.
 

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What pistons are they?
 

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I would recomend calling up the piston manufacture and getting a recomendation from them.

Walz
 
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