Lake and Don are like watching twins talk in these vidjias they do together😁🤣 It is great to see the enthusiasm for this topic, because it is definitely rare to see.

VERY INTERESTING project & I completely agree about chrome-plated rings. I NEVER use them. PLEASE continue updating us as you progress with this project. Also, it would be VERY INTERESTING for you to give comparisons to other TOTAL SEAL treated piston rings. For example, this new Titanium Nitride PVD Ring vs TOTAL SEAL C-47 coated ring. The TOTAL SEAL C-47 coated ring has been my choice for all of my recent engine builds. I appreciate your consideration & hope to see other TOTAL SEAL Piston Ring comparisons. THERE ARE TOTAL SEAL PISTON RINGS & NOTHING ELSE!!!! 🙂 Best regards, Ben

YOU GUYS ARE MAKING SAME GREAT VIDEOS ! Back in the early 70's i worked at gm dealer ship we replaced a sbs with a new gm oem engine i think it has a 283 i know it had chrome rings . after about 2 weeks the car was still using oil the owner brought it back to us . my service manager told me to go out behind your shop with him and take the air cleaner off and the fan belt off . he then pulled on a can of comet kitchen cleaning out he rev the engine and started shaking it into the carb . i think he used the whole can . i couldn't believe he did it . he then told my it was a trick they did for years even on brand new cars . the car did stop burning oil . l always wondered how much other damage it did to the engine .

I love these videos. Please Lake! Let somebody else talk! You have one of the best dyno guys in the world! Let him speak. Still surprises me that Dyno Don doesn't prefer an actual throttle lever. I know I can normally feel it when something isn't right! I guess it's just preference. It looks like he has that dyno stacked with everything!

I am truly enjoying learning and listening.

What would be awesome is to get individuals like Don, Vic Hill, and others to break down the basic differences between say a dirt track engine, and a pavement engine like a pavement late model or the engines in the top three series of Nascar if it is possible to reasonably compare the two disciplines.

great video fellows

Great videos gentlemen! It’s awesome to see you two educating racers and enthusiasts. One question I think is important to the reduction in friction? What oil where you running? Was the break in oil changed after the rings seated? Again great work, nice reference to the water and oil temps used for a baseline. Thanks

I'd be curious to see the effect on the oil longer term.

Good Tech with Lake and Don. Is this going to be affordable Technology for regular Engine Builders? Thanks for sharing. Take care, Ed.

They work grt folks

Just out of interest: having worked on old vehicles, I've noticed that USA and Japanese decorative chrome was never as good as British. It was almost impossible to see any grinding or buffing marks on British chrome, where the others were quite visible, even with the naked eye. The Japanese was particularly bad; a day in the rain and corrosion appeared. Weeks in the wet and muddy on British before the slightest blemish appeared. The British were triple plated; Cu, Ni, Cr.

Lake, I am sure if that engine was one of those high dollar sprint car engines, you would not get close to that dyno😁

So was the hone job the same values as last time?

Lake, what is the difference in the friction coefficient of TiN vs Chrome Plating? Would you say the percentage of torque gain is comparable to the % difference in friction coefficient? Quantifiable data from Tribological methods. Good stuff. I like seeing the chrome plate alternatives.

Have you heard of DLC(diamond like carbon) coating?

This test is confusing. I saw in the comments you said the hone was the same compared to the last test with the chrome rings. What about the top and 2nd rings? Were they reused or replaced with the exact same rings new? Same end gaps? So many questions. I thought the oil rings job was solely to scrape oil, but the video is eluding that they actually are holding compression that is getting past the 1st and 2nd ring?

Do you know what GM puts in the ls engines. I know they last forever and don't hurt the bore

How about that coating on the top ring?

Where are Perflon Rings when we need them

So are that available and how much more are they

That’s all good and fine. How is the average back yard joe going to get this done? I love this stuff but how am I going to do this? I don’t have the big money for all the stuff to be done. Is there anything you can do to get it done for the weekend guys to have a sweet motor like that?

All I need is for Total Seal to make an 87.5mm or 88mm 1.2mm gas ported top ring. Because the only ring sets I can buy for my engine have chrome top rings

I wonder how many people got shanked by Slick 50 ?

Is any manufacturer uses cobalt steel to make piston rings? Cobalt drill bits are way better than Ti-N coated drill bits.

I guess I can afford the best. My pro ls piston just arrived end they are crome face. 🤷‍♂️

I support chrome. Those cheap normal rings last maybe 30k if you lucky. Chrome easy 300k.

So you're telling us that as you made more runs the torque output increased. So had you left the chrome rings in and you made more runs what would have happened? No real need for you to answer that.

Chrome rings were originally designed for engines that were going to eat dirt bottom line answer.

Enough corny music, hyped up talking style and constantly talking over each other 🤦‍♂️