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Originally Posted by timmy2
Successfully Re-ringed my Alusils 10 years ago with whatever Goetz rings Pelican sent me.
Grey Scotchbrite (red seemed too aggressive) and clean engine oil is what I used. Everything was still in spec at 82,000 miles on the engine.
I read all the doom and gloom threads and all the ones with “it worked for me”.
I figured with everything in spec I had better than a 50/50 chance they would seat.
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Dennis,
In the early 90’s before the advent of Pelicanparts Forum, I rebuilt my ‘78 SC and re-ringed the alusil cylinders using the Goetz rings from the Victor Renz rebuilt kit. I have 30K plus track miles as of today and still running like new.
And subsequently rebuilt more than a dozen SC motors with re-ringed alusil cylinders with no problem. The car owners have not reported or found any problem after many years of driving and recently delivered another one last August 2021. I have yet to see a motor that failed due to new rings on old alusil cylinders. I am not alone, there are many others that have done it successfully.
Tony