Chrome Moly Rings

A steel napier second ring and industry leading cp 20 oil ring round out the package.

Chrome moly rings.

Hastings compression rings together with the flex vent oil ring provide the ultimate in piston ring set performance. Modern engine with moly rings and proper plateau finishes on the bores are for all practical purposes broken in within a. Chrome rings neccessitate rough bore finishes to hold enough oil to lube the rings as chrome rings hold zilch for oil unlike moly coated rings. For 1 5mm and 1 16 ring sets the top rings are positive twist ductile iron barrel faced plasma moly inlaid.

Chrome has good resistance to scuff but does not exhibit moly s oil retention capabilities. The face of the top rings in these sets are electroplated with chromium to provide a surface that is resistant to abrasive wear. Moly has a very high resistance to scuff. Thus they require a coarser cylinder finish than a modern ring.

They are designed so that the final finishing is in the cylinder. Moly rings have a groove cut in them filled with molybendum a soft metal that does magic stuff while regular cast iron rings are just the cast iron material that the whole ring is made of. This actually requires that during break in the ring come in contact with the cylinder wall. The base material and design are the same as used in speed pro plasma moly ring sets only the face coating is changed.

But all top rings are cast iron either plain or ductile. When rings are discussed it usually concerns the top ring only. Plain cast iron is a durable wear surface in normal operating conditions and is less costly than the moly or chrome faced ring. Also a reason engines with chrome rings burn more oil than iron moly combos.

These rings are not lapped round and true at the factory. The material that s referred to the ring facing or the portion of the ring that runs against the cylinder wall. When hastings introduced the revolutionary flex vent oil ring to the world in 1956 a new era in automotive engine technology began. The difference betwen a standard cast iron ring and an entry level moly ring is just the moly coating on the edge of the ring where it touches the bore.

Chrome file fit ring sets are listed by bore diameter and list available over sizes. Just wondering if anyone has used the sealed power speed pro federal mogul r9771035 plasma moly rings if so any trouble with them seating about how long did it take for them to fully seat i have about 300miles on my new 347 build have a little bit of a problem with crankcase pressure did the v c breather thing helped out a bunch now going back and putting in another pcv on drivers. Most grey cast iron rings specify a 150 to 220 grit with 180. In addition the second rings are reversed twist taper faced cast iron.

8 cyl moly ring set 4 060 size. There hasn t been a us made engine made since 60 or a bit earlier that did not come from the factory with either chrome or moly rings.