Won't mention the place for two reasons....
-No longer there
-8 of 10 Firerings they did.... blew gaskets again. To be fair, this was 3 1/2 yrs ago....when 'more was better' regarding boost. Those guys were making 80-100+ psi. And the head-bolt torquing techniques were less careful.... something I hope I have corrected?

These 'pioneers' were the ones that gave Firerings a bad name. I personally believe that they are a notch above o-rings.... but either is good, if the head is decked and the groove is cut properly! JMO

RJ

 

bad rj!! how dare u even bring up such a thing!! piston slap sheesh... u meen to say that my exhaust brake stressed valve springs may not be up to snuff?? lol

 

I agree whether or not I will get fire rings is yet to be seen... fire ring is a complete ring where an o ring has a slight gap that is left up to the machinist... also a fire ring completely isolates the combustion chamber from the hg... where as the oring is pressed into the hg correct?

 

Would be a good time to upgrade...and did anyone else get the mental image of Brian holding a leash attached to RJ. AND hitting him for the doodle on the floor with a news paper?

 

lol on my cell sitting in accounting.... can't click on the smilily buttons... suppose I could type it

 

I did not....until you mentioned it! Then I ROFLMAO. "Bad, Bad Dan".

RJ

 

Eventually I guess I will get to meet Dan. Everybody at the meet spoke very highly of him/you...you know what I mean.

 

crap just laughed out loud in class....

 

That was my understanding from a conversation with Van Haisley, three yrs ago... but it was mostly over my head back then!
I do know the Firering gasket still has the metal sealing ring around the piston but is recessed from the lip of the cylinder more than standard gasket.

RJ

 

O-ringing is less invasive. I think .015" is all that it needs? Don’t quote me on that. And Fireringing is .040". You can just do the head, bock and head or just block. The o-ring is built into the gasket........honestly.....IM going to do studs and a MLS gasket when time comes....i "MIGHT" o-ring just for S&G's and i now have access to a rig to do it myself if keith will let me! haha!

Fade.....careful what you wish for! HAHA...i cant say enough about this group myself.....great bunch i still like to call my Texas DTR family!

 

438 to be exact....

 

Standard Firerings come .105, .118, .125!
Haisley can make any size requested.

RJ

 

HUM....maybe that was .040 head and .040 block......and little fudge for the gasket......I want 2"

 

Great info guys... now to just figure out where I am going to have it done at.... Hopefully Andy will call me by sometime tomorrow!!

 

OK, thanks for the info RJ. Im curious now who I could go to with my own head to avoid that problem, if I ever got to that level of performance.

Good luck finding the right shop/people to do yours B.