$28 Nikasil 066 topend. Will it survive

[K-techcowboy]

Well its bein about a week now and its still chirpin and getting alittle faster each tank. Starts great, runs great, sounds great. But will it last. I did toss the oem wrist pin back in it as I didn't much care for or trust the sloppy one in the kit. I did do a bit of cleaning up on the ports. Really need me a degree wheel cause I'd like to try to get the timing as close to the oem cylinder as I've heard these red-eye magnums have pretty good numbers out of the box. Either way I am planning to replate the oem cylinder some day down the road. Maybe sooner then later if I get this service tech job I applied for at a local multi brand dealer down the road yesterday. Id never layed hands on a ms881 but yesterday I jerked there's off the shelf up to get a close look and that damn powerhead is as big as my damn torso. I thought ok if anyone needs something bigger they just need to go home lol. I dont typically post pics but since I didn't cast any spells yet heres a little before and after a slight clean up before installation.

 

[Mad Professor]

What do the port chamfers, port shapes, plating and squish area look like as shipped?

Squish?

 

[K-techcowboy]

What do the port chamfers, port shapes, plating and squish area look like as shipped?

Squish?

The intake made me chuckle a bit, the chamfers were alittle jagged but at lease my finger didn't catch on anything. To me I think they went a bit nuts on the hone job but the plating seem good, hard and has good adhesion as nothing flaked on me.The squish seemed decent and could be awesome with alittle shave the flatten it out. I fixed the intake as shown and had the raise it a bit to get it closer to my old cylinder, widened the exhaust a smig and just did a touch up on everything else. Oh I put the oe wrist pin back in as it was in great shape and much lighter then the one given with kit. I've really started leaning it out today actually. Got about 6 tanks through her and its very very strong and getting stronger. I'll try to get a video tossed up. I'm going to put it against my 460 and see the difference.. plz excuse my clutch cover lol I tried a color everyone swore is a match and well u see.

 

[huskihl]

If you clamp the boot onto the intake, I think you’ll find that the area you ground on doesn’t match the boot

 

[K-techcowboy]

If you clamp the boot onto the intake, I think you’ll find that the area you ground on doesn’t match the boot

It dose if you use a plastic welder and carefully reshape the boot