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Re: Deves rings...no more

To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: Deves rings...no more
From: "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:00:50 -0500
I have always had good luck with Zales or Robbins 8th and Walnut.

Larry

On Nov 2, 2006, at 14:52 PM, Glen Byrns wrote:

> I just got off the phone to the order desk lady at Deves Rings.  If  
> you like
> or use Deves rings for your LBC pistons, bad news.  Apparently the  
> company has
> or will be sold and isn't taking or filling special orders.
> I had Deves rings on the custom Venolia pistons I am running in the  
> turbo
> Sprite.  I shattered two compression rings when a blown head gasket  
> dumped
> water over the front two pistons and the high torque gear-reduction  
> starter
> had enough oomph to shatter the rings as it tried to compress the  
> water in the
> cylinder on re-start.  Bummer.
>
> Does anyone have a preferred ring supplier?  Total Seal, Grant's ?????
>
> Thanks,
> Glen Byrns


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