Snowfire piston rings

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JAH76
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Snowfire piston rings

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I recently had my 340 cylinders nickasel'd and I cannot find a piston kit with chrome rings. Anyone have any ideas
94' Polaris indy classic touring500(girlfriend loves this 2 seater). Running
83' JD Snowfire 53rd one off assembly line (barn find in newton,iowa) currently under restoration.
1979 Kawasaki invader(has had a 440 put in but have original 340 motor-needs restored).
1980 Kawasaki 340 Invader (original,needs restored)
HAD- 1969 Chaparrel firebird SS first snowmobile when I was 12. Sold it(idiotic)
1979 JD Spitfire 340. Kick myself for selling this awesome sled
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https://newbreedparts.com/products/spi- ... d_spitfire

As an FYI....the set i got the arrow on top of the piston was pointed the wrong way. That was 10 years ago or so.
80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
JAH76
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Re: Snowfire piston rings

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Did you get chrome rings? If so where?
And the arrow on these S.P.I pistons the arrow is pointing the right way. The rings don't pass over any ports. But they came with rings for a chrome cylinder. Soni believe there Cast iron rings, witch is not compatible with nickasel cylinders
94' Polaris indy classic touring500(girlfriend loves this 2 seater). Running
83' JD Snowfire 53rd one off assembly line (barn find in newton,iowa) currently under restoration.
1979 Kawasaki invader(has had a 440 put in but have original 340 motor-needs restored).
1980 Kawasaki 340 Invader (original,needs restored)
HAD- 1969 Chaparrel firebird SS first snowmobile when I was 12. Sold it(idiotic)
1979 JD Spitfire 340. Kick myself for selling this awesome sled
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Yes they are cast rings. At the time I think there was a batch of pistons that had the ring pins 180 out. We had photos of the same part number piston with pins in two different locations. Yours may be correct.
80 Liquifire (purchased 1996 ~ Running)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2010 ~ Running....Now)
80 Liquifire (purchased 2011 ~ Not running - I officially have a problem now)
83 Snowfire (purchased 2014 father/son restoration project)
78 Spitfire ~ sold (should have been shot for this)
JAH76
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Re: Snowfire piston rings

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So can I run my cast rings in my nickasel cylinders
I read from a mellenium article years ago that you can run any ring with nickasel cylinders
94' Polaris indy classic touring500(girlfriend loves this 2 seater). Running
83' JD Snowfire 53rd one off assembly line (barn find in newton,iowa) currently under restoration.
1979 Kawasaki invader(has had a 440 put in but have original 340 motor-needs restored).
1980 Kawasaki 340 Invader (original,needs restored)
HAD- 1969 Chaparrel firebird SS first snowmobile when I was 12. Sold it(idiotic)
1979 JD Spitfire 340. Kick myself for selling this awesome sled
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