Gramma's Car: the new project!

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: firstgenaddict</div><div class="ubbcode-body">touche' my good friend, I should have seen it coming considering the stable you have been fortunate enough to look after over the years. </div></div>

No, I was serious - did your father in law stagger the ring gaps when he put it back together the second time, or reassemble it with them all in a line? I am rather curious whether it really does matter since they do rotate around as the engine runs. I imagine a horizontal or boxer style engine would be a bit different than the conventional vertical moving pistons in a V8.