Well it looks like the FX 40 will live to fly another day..

I got the engine used with the plane..
I should have torn it down before trying to go flying since I found the thing was fairly crusty inside from long storage.
The card had some crud in it too.. It's not suprising it didn't run right...

The FX had a trip through the crock pot now and oiled up with ATF..

It's much smoother now and has good compression. On the down side it has a little liner peal around the intake ports.. That sucks.

I was going to put a .45 FSR in it's place but I found out the FSR is 2oz lighter than the FX... something I didn't expect.