Custom piston window Gray Ghost RZ 350

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Custom piston window Gray Ghost RZ 350

#1 Post by 75RD350rider » Fri May 03, 2024 9:09 pm

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My Harbor Freight borescope revealed a newly installed window in the LH piston....
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Re: Custom piston window Gray Ghost RZ 350

#2 Post by brrrappp » Fri May 03, 2024 10:53 pm

That should reduce internal friction and allow higher RPM
Be careful decelerating as there will be less engine breaking.

sorry to see this- looks like it may have been just a skosh lean.

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Re: Custom piston window Gray Ghost RZ 350

#3 Post by Smoker » Wed May 08, 2024 2:28 pm

Sad to see, brother.

I read your other post about the last test ride.

Sucks, but I'm confident you'll get it fixed right. Keep posting. Of course, I'm curious about what went wrong.

I've seen this kind of result quite a few times with freshly built RZ engines (for a variety of causes). Scares me because I'm no RZ engine mechanic. I need to be careful and learn all I can.

Good luck, and hope you have fun on the Dragon! :smt045

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