Hey TeeZee, that piston is for sure incorrectly heat treated - its faulty,take it back and demand a replacement from a different supplier or batch at the very least.
And part of the issue could be the ring width - how wide are they, and you dont need two of them bashing up and down in the ring grooves now you are reving to 13000.
Im not allowed to say whos cylinder it is Frits, this is a rapid prototyped casting as you can see by the layering marks - but it does have a two stage blade powervalve ( now ) and I "unfixed" the fixups originally departing from Jans good work.
Ive got a thing thats unique and new.To prove it I'll have the last laugh on you.Cause instead of one head I got two.And you know two heads are better than one.
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