Hey Monty, I have a few questions for you.

First, I had an in-tank line split today during a race after about 4.5 gallons through the engine which caused it to go very lean, when I noticed it (hard to hear the engine with 11 others going unfortunatly) the temp was 303 degree's. Afterwards the compresson felt a little low. When cold it will hold compression forever when you hold the crank so that the engines weight is trying to turn it, and it still has very slight mechanical pinch. When heated to 230-240 it will hold the engine for 2-3 seconds but still pops over pretty good. Is there any way to tell when you need to be pinched? I hope that the hot run did not hurt anything, the top of the sleeve/piston are non-scored, very shiney, and it starts building compression right after the piston goes past the exhaust port but it hardly has any mechanical pinch when cold as I said.

Next question is based of the need to eventually replace the piston/liner. Basically do you sell them and how much? I measured the rod bearing and crank pin, it hardly has any wear, I measured .01 parallel with the rod so I think that it is still good. The engine has only been started cold once and this was well after being broken it. Otherwise it has been started with a heat gun, or more recently a Powerhouse engine warmer.

Also, do you have something like an o-ring kit for the engine? Something to replace all o-rings and the aluminum rings that go above and below the banjo fitting on the high speed needle.

I was going to PM you but I figured some others might be interested in knowing some prices as well since more and more of these engines are showing up at the track.

Thanks for the help with all of the questions.