Thanks Dusty. Another good option to consider.

On the material side, I was just going to use mild steel pipe. I'll second DocHall's question, what did you use?

The factory rings develop surface rust pretty quick in the elements so I presume they are just high carbon steel, needed to make them act like springs to take up the slack in tolerances from engine to engine. I could pick up some stainless but it's pricey. Hoping to start turning these this afternoon.

I'll start a new thread on that for discussion after I get them done.

Last edited by NorthCoast3800; 08/26/2020 4:56 PM.

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