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Re: Sythetic or Conventional
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 2/9/2004

Ed,

The same thing used to be said of Wynn's Friction Proofing back in the 1950s. Of course, many engines in those days were running chrome rings on out-of-round cylinder bores, so seating was slow to begin with. Most chrome rings would also glaze the cylind... Login to read more.