the rings need to be rotated to a certain position when installed, an OEM Honda manual can give you the position.
if they were not rotated correctly and the rings not put in their proper place then this can cause an issue.
re: the valves being seated wrong. did you have the valve seats redone on the head? did you lap them in?
there is a guy in Palm City who does amazing head work. He can get the valves seats down to the exact cut they need to be at. I can get the info. for you.
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I see people out there spending money on the car to improve it … If you spend half that effort just working on your driving skills, making you and the car work together as a team, then you’ll go faster – period. To make the car go a second faster on the track takes a lot more energy and money than making yourself drive it one second faster.
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