Randy,

Your question prompted me to have a look inside both engines. Both were done several years ago and memory isn't what it used to be. [sm=confused.gif] Inside the Jets hybird is actually a custom made rod from solid bronze. It appears identical in length to the original Jets rod. Can only speculate why I did this but being short of rods comes to mind. I have another hybrid Jets which also has an .09 piston and cylinder installed but this one is run as a glow. It has the original rod so it looks like I got the two mixed up.

Also, while I did turn down the OD of the cylinder, I see that I also had to turn out the case a bit to make it all work. Would have made notes if Ida known I'd be posting pics on RCU some day. [sm=rolleyes.gif] Ah well.

The Jets/Wasp/Norvel hybrid has one of the early Norvel rods with the rectangular cross section. Wish I could get more. Experience has shown that they're stronger than the current "round" rods and that's a plus if you run a Norvel as a diesel. Wish Norvel made ALL their rods a lot fatter. Not a lot of extra weight added and it sure would help us diesel converters.