That gear drive give me chills lol . I hope you have better luck than some ppl i know . The deal with the total seal rings i think there ok to use my machinst uses em and the won the outlaw 10.5 championship running 4.20s@185 they had an injector stick and it bent the piston pin and the rings where reused on another application the freshened the motor after 1 season and put them back in the car runs 4.70s so i dont think there so bad .