Piston ring "slant"- up or down?

So we all soon learn to get the pins in the piston into the gap in the rings while putting the rings on-

but what about the "slanted" ends of the rings at the gap?

Should the close of the slant be at the bottom to "wrap around the rings at the top: \ /

or should the longer part of the rings close together at the top- to gain the most compression on the downward power stroke? (no keyboard characters for this example!)

Both ways seem to make sense- but I'm guessing it's easier to squeeze the rings together in the slanted portions wrap around the pin and face up: \ /

Probably less likely to break then.

Does anyone know FOR CERTAIN?

Tell the truth, trippy cyber-age millenials!

This is frustrating- here is a youtube vid about installing the pistons and head on the site of an ebay replacement engine sold with the head still apart-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfecTspJKQ

and the AUDIO is not there- so you just can't quite see the placement of the rings on the piston-

I found one good tip off another video- Install ONE of the pesky end "G" shaped clips in the piston BEFORE anything else- then at the end you only have to get the other in place on the bike- and put something under it so it doesn't fall into the bottom end!

They were pointed up at the pins on the old one- Duh! I finally thought to look- and the pins are at the top of the grooves- so the rings wrap most around them apparently.

like this: \*/

Got the rings and piston on the rod, and the stupid G clips on and in their grooves- now struggling to get the jug over them- giving up for the night.

Can't believe they are selling the motor without the head installed on ebay these days!
The Conglomerate will sell us the stuff still, but doesn't make or hobby and transportation any easier I think.

Got it on there- if I had to do it again right now I could probably do it about 10 times quicker- but if I ever have to do it again down the road it'll take about as long.

Did you see how fast the guy in the video did it? Like he's done it a million times before.

Just have to put the exhaust and intake back on- probably be getting it out tomorrow- Got the plug out and plan to ride it around a few hundred yards to be sure the rings are settling in right before I start it up. the old 42 X 22 freewheel set-up makes a pretty easy pedal....

The guitar is in fact also an Epiphone Hummingbird and I sold it a year ago or so. I started getting into smaller scale guitars and find them easier to play. It was a nice guitar, but the intonation was just a bit off moving up the neck- I found I was mostly playing my Rogue Honduran Mahogany model, if steel strings at all. Lately I'm playing the steel strings a lot- a Yamaha mini folk and a Rogue Starter 7/8 size. The full sized Rogue is also now up for sale, leaving me with only one full sized classical nylon string guitar and several smaller ones. Spending some time playing a Baldwin Hamilton studio upright piano I keep tuned up myself, and also fiddle. And trying NOT to spend as much time doing anything mechanical.

The piston replacement was stupid- The motor wasn't popping over quite as fast, so I pulled the plug and closed the gap a bit (and decided I'm running too much oli) then started off and it was running then very poor- so I turned around to put another plug in- grabbed one from the shelf I thought was a bit longer NGK or something- but it was a plug from my car! I thought it looked a little long and wondered if the piston might contact it- started off released the clutch, and heard it hit- Got off right away and tried the other one regapped- but I'd punched a hole in the piston top and didn't have compression.

I actually repaired the old one while waiting for the new, with some flux and a soldering iron, and it filled the small puncture so nicely, I'm sure it would probably work- even filed the top of it smooth again, you can hardly see a patch- but no sense risking the dross messing up the jug while I have a new replacement. Hope the rings settle in and don't break- don't want to have to buy a jug.