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Old 09-26-2020, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Hobbsy
Yes, those came from Hobby-Lobby along with my MERCOs, they were very smooth running, they had one bugaboo, once in a great while one would have a valve snap off. The valves were stainless steel. I flew the120 on a slab tail H9 Ultra-Stock. The slab needed the nose weight, I could only run the Saito 150 if I used a Harry Higley Ultra Hub.I believe an outfit in England called Premier was the distributor for the Hi MAx's, the Irvine's and the Sport 500 choppers.

Quite often, especially stainless steel, the valve stem and head are two piece. They are actual friction welded.

Nice looking engine.