In either case, the honing grit will be specified by the ring manufacturer and/or machinist.
Normally a cylinder is bored to within a few thou of desired bore size, and then finished with a hard stone hone, sometimes followed by a soft stone or "dingleberry" for "plateau" hone.
Glen
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: Hi.
: O.K. I guess I'll just pull the engine
: out again. It needed a little cleanup
: anyway.
: So back to the question of piston
: rings. Should I go with total seal or
: something similar? The last several
: sets were cast and I don't know if I
: would need to hone the bores
: differently for chromed rings?
: P.J.
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