If you are Building ANY style of the GM Atlas Vortec 4, 5 or 6 Cylinder In-Line Aluminum Engines... You will save yourself ONE HUGE PITA by avoiding the use of Standard Spring Steel-Hex Wrench Clamped or Ratcheting Pliers Style Piston Ring Compressors and opt instead to get a Wiseco 93mm One Piece Tapered Special Tool for this Purpose.
At around $38.00 with Free S&H one might think that its TOO Much Money to spend on such a Basic Tool. But trust me. If this is your First Go at Re-Building ANY Engine… You will LOSE YOUR MIND if you either Damage the Engine Block Cylinders, Fracture or Snap the New Compression Rings or wind up Busting out the Lands or Bashing Holes into the Tops of the Pistons while trying to Install them even slightly akimbo at all with using any other Gear.
To avoid suffering with any of these maladies, the Wiseco 93mm Piston Rings Compressor with its Perfect Taper WILL make this critical phase of your Engine Build… an Absolute BREEZE!
Wiseco RCS09300 93mm Tapered Piston Ring Compressor Sleeve for Engine Assembly:
But trying to locate this Specific Style of Piston Ring Compressor in the Correct Dimensions and at a decent Price will likewise Drive You MAD when realizing that You’ll need to find one that Matches the 93mm Cylinder Bores on ALL styles of the 4,5 and 6 Cylinder GM Atlas Vortec In-line Motors EXACTLY.
However... Right Now...eBay is carrying this Wiseco Tool:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338077216&icep_item=153370809089
Take a few minutes to View and Listen to the Wisdom of others who know precisely what it means to try and get through the Engine Building Pistons-Rings Installation Procedures HASSLE FREE during regular, often routine work, and if you are Very Clever… You’ll be KEEN towards their Sage Advice!
...and follow along with this British Instructor showing the Ring Installation Procedures along with using a similar Taper-Specific Inside Diameter Piston and Rings Insertion Tool:
At around $38.00 with Free S&H one might think that its TOO Much Money to spend on such a Basic Tool. But trust me. If this is your First Go at Re-Building ANY Engine… You will LOSE YOUR MIND if you either Damage the Engine Block Cylinders, Fracture or Snap the New Compression Rings or wind up Busting out the Lands or Bashing Holes into the Tops of the Pistons while trying to Install them even slightly akimbo at all with using any other Gear.
To avoid suffering with any of these maladies, the Wiseco 93mm Piston Rings Compressor with its Perfect Taper WILL make this critical phase of your Engine Build… an Absolute BREEZE!
Wiseco RCS09300 93mm Tapered Piston Ring Compressor Sleeve for Engine Assembly:
But trying to locate this Specific Style of Piston Ring Compressor in the Correct Dimensions and at a decent Price will likewise Drive You MAD when realizing that You’ll need to find one that Matches the 93mm Cylinder Bores on ALL styles of the 4,5 and 6 Cylinder GM Atlas Vortec In-line Motors EXACTLY.
However... Right Now...eBay is carrying this Wiseco Tool:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5338077216&icep_item=153370809089
Take a few minutes to View and Listen to the Wisdom of others who know precisely what it means to try and get through the Engine Building Pistons-Rings Installation Procedures HASSLE FREE during regular, often routine work, and if you are Very Clever… You’ll be KEEN towards their Sage Advice!
...and follow along with this British Instructor showing the Ring Installation Procedures along with using a similar Taper-Specific Inside Diameter Piston and Rings Insertion Tool:
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