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Originally Posted by Christ
You should see if the 2nd compression ring from the std piston fits in the groove of the XFi's piston. Don't even have to install it, just measure the ring thickness.
If it does, I'd personally have no problem ordering a set of total seal rings and only using the 2nd compression ring. I've never left piston rings off a piston in an engine before, but that's no reason not to start, right?
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The XFi groove looks wider in the pic for some reason, but it's not. Top rings are 1.2mm, 2nd rings are 1.5mm (not present on XFi) and the oil rings are 2.8mm. I believe this applies to all Suzuki G10/G13 engines.
Out of curiousity, I got my old 1985 Honda Civic service manual out. They also left out the middle ring on the 1300. Same design compression ring too, angled and overlapping.
Has this been done by anybody other than Suzuki and Honda?