The regulation of blank microstructure is the key to manufacturing high-quality ring cylinder by composite spinning - extrusion forming. In this paper, the precipitation morphologies of three Al₃Zr dispersions were obtained by changing the heat treatment process, and their effects on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Cu-Li alloy ring cylinder were investigated. The results show that the microstructure and mechanical properties of ring cylinder are affected by the different precipitation distribution of Al₃Zr dispersoids in the blank. When the Al₃Zr dispersoids precipitated and dispersed, the cracking of ring cylinder was eliminated, the thickness of coarse-grained layer decreases obviously, and the elongation is increased by 33.5%. In the T83 state, the average length of the T₁ phase decreased from 100.3 to 77.5 nm, while the tensile strength and yield strength of ring cylinder increased by 16 and 20 MPa, respectively.