ORIGINAL: Ed Cregger
ORIGINAL: JNorton
Ed,
I took your advice and bought a Saito 150. All the threads on this engine having a sloppy midrange - changing carbs etc put me off. It's easier for me to buy something I know will run.
John
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Well, thanks for not being angry with me for being truthful.
You did the right thing, by the way, although another brand of engine could have been good too.
Ed Cregger
Ed,
I think you tell it like it is. I've had MDS, Enya, OS, Thunder Tiger, Saito, Magnum and I haven't had a problem tuning them. One of the guys at the field had a ST 90 that I tried to tune. I peaked the high speed jet, then did a pinch test to set the low speed idle. I couldn't get it set, slobbery rich midrange. A more experienced member finally did get it to run properly, but in a week it was back to slobbery rich. Probably because the guy kept fooling with it.
I was seriously thinking about the 2300 until I kept reading about everyone's problem in the forum. I hope it's not a case of it being completely overblown like it was with MDS. Those were a good motor if you'll took the time to break them in. If Super Tigre's keep on getting all this bad publicity they will probably go the way the MSD motors did.
As the 2300 was going into my GP chipmunk I did not want to take a chance with it. The Saito 150 has a good reputation so that's what I went with.
John