Which is main bearing clearance for VW TSI EA888 Gen3b?

Lake, ... STOP SHOUTING ! ... MY HEAD HURTS ! 🤣😀 ... great info, Thank you.

After market fuel cleaner, Techron fuel additive contains the polyether amine. I use it in my 2018 Subaru Outback 2.5 l engine.

The small block Chevy with the wide rings had to be bored with 100.000 miles,an ls with 250.000 miles with the narrow sreel rings the bore can hone and run again.

Finally a fair ring comparison that shows the real difference in power. I knew that the OEMs weren’t going to thinner rings for the hell of it. Just imagine if the thicker rings HAD been the 5/64 package? Joe Sherman always said that thinner rings were worth 30 horsepower going from the thickest to the thinnest.

Top tier gas would not prevent carbon deposits from PCV on intake valves, correct?

Yay finally a real piston ring test. Dyno comparisons for the 5/64 rings vs ultra thin rings is scarce.

Lake, it’s like you’re reading my mind! I look for these kinds of comparisons on the web and their really isn’t a whole lot.

Yoh Geek! Simple - follow the owner's manual. Didn't even watch the video.

I'm refreshing my GM 1.6L LH7 turbo diesel, a rare engine here in the states... I'm also buying new stock rings and sending them off to you guys at Total Seal to make them into gapless rings. I asked the guy on the phone if I should hone my cylinders and he said that it wasn't necessary and honestly I didn't get the answer I was looking for. It's NOT his fault since I was searching for an explanation more than should or shouldn't I and I had asked the question wrong. Guy was great by the way. So maybe I can get an answer here. If I'm refreshing this diesel engine, and I buy NEW stock rings, have them made into gapless would I be better off honing my cylinder if I'm shooting for longevity and efficiency? And if I do hone the cylinder, will I have to buy oversized pistons if I'm just trying to freshen up the cylinder walls a little? The cylinder walls seem to me to be in great condition, I'm going to clean the hell out of them with acetone to make sure they're clean and free of contaminants before putting it back together. First engine rebuild and man do these diesels get dirty!!!! Black diesel snot CAKED!! onto the piston!!! Will be installing an EGR and PCV filter. P.S!! My old stock rings were SO BRITTLE!!! They snapped when taking them off. Ductile Iron rings, not sure if they're getting too hot. About 130k miles on them.

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Думаю если сделать проточки на жаровом поясе над кольцом , то получим тоже самое .

Great information guys. How will these rings perform in a Nissan VQ35DE Rev-up, which is notorious for piston ring problems? Thanks.

2 things I'm skeptical about regarding this power change that likely increased the power was the margin for human error/variable and the coolant concentration. Human error meaning, we could've accidently been off .5 degrees of timing with the distributor assigning the power contribution to that. This do have an influence on temps also Coolant, well... assuming the water pump isn't electronic, adding more water will cut resistance with less stress of the engine. That's similar to oil type of 20w50 to 10w30 at the crank fighting cut resistance. I'm not disagreeing totally those rings didn't do anything but that margin was more significant than I'd imagine. I was giving it an 8hp gain. One guy with the top comment addressed alot of what I was thinking dealing with these 2020 vehicles and their propensity to ingest oil from a long term perspective concern. However, carburetor engines got around 30k miles to our 100k miles today 😆. Yes I'm talking shit about you guys who like carbs. But the consistency draws my concern because we humans touched it. Example, I'd have better confidence if this was timing chained with ignition coils, knock sensor, and coil on plug, etc. I got my money on the output realistically being lower to what's claimed to what most of us was projecting. But I'm not gonna ever claim it's not gonna add power

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Hi. Just whatcing your videos and this came to my mind. I thin you should test RVS oil additive. Or actually it is not regular additive, because it works pretty well after it has done it's job, even if an engine oil is chanced. One Finnish TV program tested it years ago, and wanted to see if it really does anything. And it did. They drive like an 100 miles completely without any engine oil. And engine did handle that almost like nothing. Of course it was hot like hell, because there was not oil to lubricate and transfer heat. But all bearings, pistons etc. all worked just fine without seezig! It would be interesting to know what kind of power difference this product can make. Thanks for the videos!

Buy Hastings. Quality, performance, price!!!

That info is know long time ago.

why do idiots still keep comparing the best against the worst... no idea... for sure there is a diference!

I'm using braking oil and I am beating the wheels off of it

I’ve been building motors for 37 years however not a lot of super high performance stuff. Usually standard motors, diesels and a few engines with forged pistons or high silicone. I drive them like I stole them. Put them in first gear and rev and engine brake . Do that for a few cycles then just rev the shit out of them . Never had a problem, never had a bad ring seal. I use 15/40 cheap oil .

I'm sold on the total seal gapless rings, but I'm not sold on thinner rings and gas porting.

cool thanks got your 2pc top rings in my 85 4runner😊😂😅

YES-YES AND YES

At 11:13 a lot of leakage is because soft piston rings tend to get stuck early on and that’s what cause high oil consumption.

You talked about fuel additives. I have only used Top Tier premium (Shell 93 octane) in my car (Mazda MX-5 direct injection) . Would I need a fuel additive? I also use Mobil 1 synthetic SP.

Jeez Lake I never known anyone who insists so much on making everything ultra perfectly clear for all us poor suckers like you do. Thats very considerate and I appreciate all the extra work.🤘🏻

You see, here-in lies the problem for most people, and I see it every day. You either have to buy junk from China, or you pay 10 times as much for a decent part. There's no in between.

Should have tested a gapless set too?

the results i would have expected from a manufactures video

You guys dont show your rpms on your testing of these rings? Why so. I almost bet your 18hp more increase gain on these expensive rings is at the top end, 5000/6000 rpms. I almost bet at 2000/2500 rpms where a street engines spends 90% of its times they dont gain anything there or very little. These would maybe justify for a race car but for a low rpm towing and pulling engine a $200 set of rings veres a $600 rings doesnt justify. I dont even use $200 rings I still use the 5/64/5/64 3/16 rings packadges in all my engines cause most of my engines are stock bore size and I only bore them enough to clean up the wear and .020 over is what I use alot. Theres not as many rings choices in .020 over sizes. It doesnt pay to put expensive parts in low rpm high torque engines and pulling for mileage cause u cant increase power much under 3000 rpms on a gas engine, just the way it works.

If you're paying 600 bucks for piston rings you are in a whole different league and don't need to watch this crap .

110% agree.. You nailed it..

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What oil , will it protect against pre ignition on direct injection

It’s an infomercial and not science. They measured the wear and heat caused by piston-angle during the stroke. 600$ + expensive hone for 5% hp gain - which will taper down after a few hundred miles? I call this a grifting nothingburger which turns your engine into an oil burner

Winter gas in socal? Sounds kinda pointless, i’ve ran a jerry can of summer gas in the dead of winter and the car ran better, i think its just a money grab

Awesome work TotaSeal. Great videos as always Lake Speed Jr! Cool stuff!

I have a very important question. On the engines I build for my cars I usually use rods that really can’t handle a significant increase in power. So like on a 2 liter of the stock rods 300HP the new rods can only handle maybe 400HP. So I have to be mindful to not exceed what the rod can handle. So my question is this. Does the extra power you are making exert itself on the rods? Meaning that the rods on the total seal setup are experiencing more force on them than the other rings. I assume yes but just want to know for sure. Thanks guys, been using your pistons since the 2000s.

You’ll make a few more HP with the thinner rings but when your throwing tons of nitrous or boost at a ring I’ll still go Hell fire rings all day over total seal.

20 minutes to say what could have been said in 5 minutes

From the sound of things it seems like there will always be a cross hatch pattern even after the rings seal? Or will the rings seal after the crosshatch pattern is worn away? What about ring material? Will that affect crosshatching? What is your suggestion for how long it should take for rings to seal and what should your driving habits be during break in period? Thank you for pointing out these details.

I will just stick with the no name eBay rings 😂 Cool test,not sure I would want them for a street car but if I was building a race engine i could see it worth while.

19:31 for overlaid Dyno plots. Would be interesting to see the same test on another engine that has very different bore/stroke/piston count. Trying to work out if its one of those things better thought of as absolute gains or percent gains. Either way that seems like an alright way to gain an extra mpg or two for road trips.

When I build an engine I expect to get at least 300,000 miles out of it.

Did they mention a %difference for the HP number?

This is awesome, I never really looked at it that way when it comes to the rings but it makes perfect and obvious sense now ! Definitely a factor to add in when it comes to my next engine build, that being an AMC stroker for my daily driven jeep Lj! Gonna have to see and spec out a piston and see what i can find cause i cant custom order pistons and get em next week.....

This is great info!

I wonder if these rings could help a Delorean outrun being chased by Libyain's & get up to 88mph faster! 😂. The poor Delorean's 130hp PRV V6 is so anemic & could use so much help from modern day American technology, & is my dream of what can be done to that motor with an American race engine builder. The PRV V6 was Europes sbc developed jointly between Peugeot Renuault & Volvo. However the 900hp race engine won LeMan. Now that's a dyno test I'd pay good money to see!🏁