Piston Ring Port Sizing

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JKreider
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Piston Ring Port Sizing

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Has anyone come across any standard for the maximum port size (along the circumference of the ring) that cast iron piston rings can slide over without danger of scuffing the ring and/or port, based on ring OD and thickness?

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Re: Piston Ring Post Sizing

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Jim
In two stroke engines the racers will go with exhaust port widths up to 60-70% of the bore.
I have a copy of Lima's standards, don't know if there is anything in it about this but I will look tonight.
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Re: Piston Ring Post Sizing

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Jim
Lima's standards do not have any info on port design.
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Re: Piston Ring Port Sizing

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Hello Jim,
Using 2 or 3 rows of drilled ports instead of milled rectangular ports works fine, too. There are no restrictions as long the diameter of the drills is below the width of the piston rings. Total cross section thus maybe up to 40 % of diameter x width x pi (liner port).
Just my two cents.
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