I don't know of many Cobra/Galaxie/Mustang engines trying to hit the 200k mark though...
OEM and what we deal with is certainly a good distance from each other.
With that being said, we may all have our theories/preferences, but again, I've never really seen any
oil consumption or wear issues because of the
oil ring placement. Most of my engines fall into the street/strip category, with some a little more strip than others. I do dabble with the LS crowd, BBF, FE, and SBF stuff, and it's not uncommon to see the
oil rail support in the piston box.
While each point has its own merit, I do believe that the wrist pin/oil ring fiasco has really had its own evolution, carried on by most of the guys on
The Corral and
www.yellowbullet.com.
