There was a post and pics of someone doing this, and I think it was with a Saito. I think it was someone in Germany, but I could be wrong. Maybe a search attempt would get the thread. I do remember that it was well written with a lot of thought behind the process.

I haven't heard that Saito dropped compression to suit the American market, but that is okay if this is true I suppose. Other markets are shifted to suit sales, and not always to the liking of others here. Unless someone has seen this actually stated it may be just be lore.

A lot of people think that Saitos run really, really great with more nitro, but they really don't get much better in most cases. Saitos run well on 10%, and some people run 5%. I've heard a lot of people say they run some nitro just to help the idle characteristics.

Sorry to hear that nitro is so expensive in other places.