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Old 03-14-2011 | 01:11 PM
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avoid the acid based old gunk carb cleaners,,its cracilk acid,,,it has a very bad smell an will eat right thru na lather shoe. i hauled lots of it in tank trucks over the years,,,ask me how i know it will eat leather,,,hehe
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good news, the wife found my Saito 65 new and untouched!!! I have no idea how but it's right here ))
If its the big cam, high compression 65, I will start the bidding at $150!
Old 03-14-2011 | 06:27 PM
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I've been so out of touch the last 16 years I have no idea what's different between Saito's now a days. As far as I remember this is just a good Saito new in 1994 and is still new... not a single drop of fuel..
is this the big cam high compression one?

I havent kept up over the years on purpose, i just depressed me - lol

I cant believe the proliferation of ARF's and electric!!!

does that make me "old school" :\
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The big cam is easy to identify

On the big cam the lifter guides extend above the cam box halfway up the height of the rubber boots on the pushrods.

Old 03-16-2011 | 02:57 PM
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After cleaning them I'd run them like I was breaking them in again.
Old 03-16-2011 | 06:55 PM
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I think I managed to round up most of them... cant seem to find the other 65GK and my os70's but, I'm pretty darn happy I found the 1.20GK and the 91GK as well as some misc 2 cycles.
I picked up an os 70 surpass from the swap shop here so I'm happy there.

The 1.20 spins like new! it's dirty but not near as bad as my Enya 46? (cant hardly see the engine through the "stuff" baked on.
It must have been insulated by debris like our photo albums where
this makes me very happy as I have a brand new Byrons su-26 slated for it.

The .91GK is stuck, so I'll focus on that one as soon as I finish the shop.
.60 size is my style so I'll be working hard to get this one up and running.

going back to the buy/sell thing and see what else I can find now
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back in the day FOX and K&B with some Rossi (thrown in for good measure) glow plugs where the norm. Seems like everyone and there brother are making them now.
I use to run mainly K&B's with idle bars and have enough left over to use them up in my .65 sportsters

Question is:
whats the best choice for OS and Saito 4-cycles now a days?
Hanger 9 or OS type F maybe?



Gawd I feel like such a noob!
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The OS type F works very well in both of those four strokes.

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