super tigre 3250 ring gap
 

i am having a problem with a 3250 that i aquired in a trade, tried to get it to run good ,but motor seemed to be low on compression. took it apart to see if a problem could be found, i noticed the ring was installed with the gap in the locating pin,instead of the little notch in the ring. also noticed a shiny spot on the ring 180 degrees across from the gap, when i took the ring off the piston, it broke at the shiny spot. cylinder looks fine after deglazing it. i have a new ring for it and went to check the end gap and it didn't have much at all if any. what is the recomended gap? thanks.

RE: super tigre 3250 ring gap
 

We're sorry, but we don't have a specification for the ring gap on your SuperTigre G3250. Likely, it's 4-5 thoussndth's or so...just enough that the ends won't touch when the engine warms up to operating temperature. The exact position of the ring gap isn't critical, as long as it's on a web. We've seen them 180 degrees "off", but still on a web. The streak you saw originally was the factory postion. It best if the engine's reassembled the way it came apart.