Over budget 318 build

Be careful when grinding the rings.... Just do three rotations and check, three rotations and check... Lather rinse repeat...

If you try to do like 10 strokes or more, you can overshoot and make the gaps too big...

After a couple of rings, you'll get an idea of how much to grind...




Yep. Been there, done that.

You can whip up a fixture like this in post #101 in this thread: Piston question

Makes it easy to get them right the first time.