Hi guys
Wow - i was not aware of this thread. You sure are giving some detailed info regarding shipment etc. here Ray my friend

Not that i have ever had the use or more info. I have had the pleasure of beeing Rays representative here in Denmark for - hell -i think its the 4th year now. And sleeves just come back to me as clockwork. It must be more than 100 till now.

As this thread clearly shows, Ray is THE MAN when it comes to resizing nitro sleeves. It is a pleasure to get a sleeve back from Ray - not only to the wanted tolerance of course, but also if needed honed and polished.

But the main thing about Ray is, that he knows exactly what you are talking about when it comes to special problems, or specific needs for a specific engine. Let me give you a couple of examples:

The CEN GST 7.7 is a big MF. Ray would normally just give these babies a loose fit - otherwise you simply could not turn the engine around because of the sheere size of the thing. But loose fit is just a tiny bit too loose if you know what i mean. So you just tell Ray to give it just a litle bit more than loose - not as tight as medium - and then it runs like a sewing machine after normal breaking in...Nobody else to my knowledge, can do this with this sleeve.

Another example: i have had like 5 or 6 of the Novarossi Plus 4 .21 FT engines that have all lost compression from one second to another. Reaching like 140 degrees C and POW - no compression. I dont know if we have just been unlucky with a shipment of poor quality sleeves to the Danish importer - but i have heard the same story from a couple of other guys in the business, about this engine.

I explained the situation to Ray an asked him to try to do one of mine a bit more than medium. Not only did Ray do that of course, but he also moved the point at which the conical narrowing started - moved it a bit down.
I did some testing on this particular engine after Ray had done his magic - and i had it all the way up to 160 degrees C - without loosing its compression.

What i am trying to say is that Ray surely knows his stuff and i can guarantee you that i will stay a dedicate and loyal customer or a long as i can take a nitro engine apart. BTW - i am almost 55 now - so it might not be that long after all

Keep up the great work my friend - and all the best from Mikkel as well.

Niels Vangsoe - Nitromekanikerendotdk - Denmark