Originally Posted by
Herrsavage
They're on offer here, including pipe, for like €130 - crazy good deal.. I just have too many engines as is at the moment unfortunately.. I always had great luck with Go's.
Keen to know how it compares to the GX-5R (which I also had - was great..)
Updated GX-5R, basically Precirotate D5. Believe the timing/porting/etc is identical, it's just the TiN crank, revised cooling head (that hopefully doesn't break fins), and maybe other couple odds. Performance is probably pretty much same thing.
A racer here bought the G5T for his GT8 car since it was so cheap. Seems to be a good enough mill. About what you'd expect if you're familiar with GO engines.
I regret not buying a G5T when A-Main was clearing them out, because A Main eventually started blowing out GO parts (again
)... Con rods were are $11, entire 3-needle carbs for $25, P/S sets $40 or $60 for GXII version, wrist pins $.50, crank cases for $25, cranks for $20, back plates for $3, head buttons for $4, etc. Could have bought a ton of spares.