My dad installed them and checked the gap when doing so. He said they were fine. And why should I get a new set if the one's I have were perfectly fine? All I need is a new wiper ring. The other 7 pistons rings were all walked on, and not distorted. I don't think I'll have a problem.
Well, my dad installed the 7 pistons that were fine, and I took a few pictures.
the single one that I broke.
they reused the intakes valves as those were fine, but had to get all 8 exhaust valves replaced. Yeah, they were that bad.
yay new stuff. including an externally balanced flywheel, so we can take the weight off the torque converter.