I dismantled my engine and took some pictures. I've put 2 hard gallons through it, most of it on pavement, and about a litre on the track now that it's finally open.

I was very surprised when I opened it up. I've never had an engine look this good at two gallons. It has absolutely no slop at TDC, no matter what I did. I measured my con-rod and crank-pin, and there's zero wear.The grooves in the piston look just as deep as day one. Very impressive for a 'bargain' mill that is slaying down more expensive engines...it's certainly not the Taiwan we're used to seeing.

When you consider the hard life this engines has had, it makes it even more impressive. When first getting it, I idled half a tank through it before hammering on it, and putting it to race tune. I'd say it's lived 65-75% of it's life at WOT while I was testing out different pipes. Also consider that because of the mod, it running at a higher level than it was designed to, so for it to be in great shape, with no slop, is amazing.

This engine makes it hard to justify buying another high-dollar engine again, especially if it ends up having a fairly long life. Time will tell.