Originally Posted by Xyvern
Is the piston microcasted instead of CNC machined

People told me to stay away from the newer Novarossi engine because of this reason. I'm so glad that I picked up the NS12S3 a while ago.

The old microcasted pistons were MUCH better (I'll promise you). Anything (if something exists now...) with a batch number of 2003 or 2004 doesn't compare with the cheap rubbish actaul that comes from Nova factory.