Indy cylinder head screwed up
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From: DuQuoin,IL.
With all due respect the fault lies with the installer.If I put a ring on a piston with 20 thousandths of vertical slop its telling me something is ...askew!They might throw you a new set to make things right,but thats the end of their culpability.Did you get pistons too?If they sent you pistons and rings together with the wrong rings I would be raising hell.But its still your job to check that when assembling the shortblock.It had to smoke like a detroit diesel while it was together.
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From: manassas va
I understand they forked up your order and they should replace the incorrect parts,but it still falls on the assembler to check clearances.I have seen rings put on upside down,standard rings on o/s pistons,ring gaps lined up together,and dont get me started on crank clearances.I check everything 2 and 3 times,because the guy that says its probably ok aint gonna be there to help you pull it back out.Everyone eats a crap sandwich now and then,just be happy you didnt break all your piston skirts
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Going to call muscle motors (if you dont know them then you should(one of the finest mopar shops in the country)) to possibly take my motor there when we get it together and have them break in the rings on the dyno.
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And because cast, hypertectic, and kb pistons all require different ring gaps we asked indy when we bought the kit. They told us was that they did not know because they got the stuff from mopar. When calling this last time to ask them they got incredibly ****ty with us. Wow just want to know what piston this is to build this right.