Engine Block Fire Ring

Our fire pit kit is comprised of blocks and a metal ring insert.

Engine block fire ring.

See the venerable blok tru square decking fixture in the chevy hardcore blueprint series story. Fire ringing is cutting or machining a circular groove in your cylinder head or block surface or sometimes both surfaces. The groove is generally machined in the head in most street uses. Our kit can be installed on grass on top of a gravel paver base or on top of a patio.

How to o ring a engine block duration. Fire rings for max effort builds. Once the groove is cut a circular mild steel ring is set on the block in the grooves that were cut. Check the contents of your kit to see if additional materials are needed before assembling.

Follow visnerengine for builds info and more. This prevents any fire from escaping and is necessary when you are pushing 1 000hp or more. Each plate is engine specific and locates on the dowel holes in both the block and heads thus ensuring precise alignment of the grooves when assembled. Machining a mitsubishi 4g63t evo block for o rings duration.

By using this specially designed cutter in conjunction with application specific register plates sold separately absolute concentricity of the top and bottom grooves is insured. 12 and 24 valve fire ring and head gasket kits the fire ring process for the 5 9l cummins was developed here at haisley machine by van curt haisley in 2002 2003. Jon bennett co owner of bennett racing engines and kbx performance in haleyville alabama specializes in small block fords for high end street performance and heads up drag racing. Through holes and threaded holes are machined into each plate for fastening to both the block and head.

Bhj s o ring groove cutter is the ideal solution for eliminating misalignment when cutting o ring and receiver grooves. O ring register plates are designed to work specifically with bhj s o ring groove cutter. For the street engines range from 700 horsepower naturally aspirated on pump gas to 1 200 horsepower twin turbo engines. We started selling to the public in july 2003 after many months of r d and over 20k dollars in parts alone to find a system that worked the best.

O ring receiver groove cutter. Visner engine development llc 4700 36th street kentwood mi 49512 phone. When you add a fire ring the factory ring is removed from the gasket and a new metal ring sits in the grooves halfway between the head and the block. Measuring setting deck height finish.