Someone reported buying a new Saito that was shipped with the timing off by a tooth some years back.
Might have been me. My first 4-stroke was a Saito FA-45 MKII ABC - I still have it. It ran fine on the bench so I put it in a Ace 4-40 that I built from a kit. It was a great combo with a Zinger 11x6. Only trouble was it would run through half a tank and quit. I sent it to the Dallas,TX Saito repair facility, P&P AIR. Meanwhile I put an OS .48 Surp in the airplane. Flew the model with that until the Saito came back. P&P said the cam was retarded one tooth. I put the engine back into the 4-40 and flew it for a couple of seasons with never a dead stick. Funny, that.
CR