Howdy Saito lovers, here is another update from Sweden. After fitting the new main bearing in the Saito.65 (post#26 above) it was assembled and tested. It was clear that the engine by now had become a bit "loose" in the conrod big end but it still ran nicely without excessive noise. My friend who owns the engine mounted it in his UltraSport and up it went the other day with myself at the sticks. All went well for a while but then suddenly....SKRUNKK...!...the engine came to a sudden stop and I(we) thought:...OK, that´s it now we have at last reached the limit for "swiss-cheesing" and the owner muttered something unprintable with a clear address to me........!
Taking it apart revealed that - sure thing - it was the conrod that broke as we both expected but not exactly where we(he) thought....[]....!...which restored some of my battered ego.
Flyer95, do you think we could cooperate to produce a new conrod to thÃ*s engine being about 1mm longer than stock...??...will call you later about this since that would take CR up from current 11.1/1.........sack time here now.....Cheers/Harald