Hobbsy

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That big link I posted for the Saitto 1.20s parts caused the page distortion, we had to remove my link, then Dan's quote of it. Whooda thought that?

mwilson298

I was wondering if anyone had a Saito FA120 intake manifold to sell?

Thanks

Hobbsy

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https://www.horizonhobby.com/intk-ma...-gg-sai150s69a

This is for the later 1.20S

blw

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A pair of those missiles came up fast behind me on the Interstate. There was no traffic. I was in the truck and felt like a plane seconds from being shot down.

mwilson298

Thanks for the response to my question. The Saito I have is a FA-120S with Hemi Heads and I can't figure out which intake manifold and carburetor fits it. The one off my later 120 will not work. I bought the FA-120S as new in the box off Ebay but the intake manifold and carb were missing.

acdii

Ya aint seen nothing until you see a Kawasaki hit the back of a car. Car doing 65, bike 150.

Hobbsy

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All Saitos are Hemi Head, maybe you have an early FatHead Saito 1.20

mwilson298

Mine is definitely a Hemi.... Came with an exhaust pipe instead of a muffler so I am thinking it's an older version of the 120. The carb and intake off my 120 GK will not fit this one and I don't know where to get ones that do.

acdii

Just wondering if there are any Saito that have a 9mm exhaust outlet. Trying to figure out what this muffler I have belongs to.

mwilson298

I just measured the exhaust and intake ports on the FA-120SH and they are 13.8 mm.

Hobbsy

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OK MW, does your carburetor look like the one pictured above or like the later 1.20 and 1.50, Thanks
Here is a test of the FatHead 1.20 as it is affectionately called.

Saito FA-120

AC, I believe the little .30 and FA .40a have 9mm exhaust.

SrTelemaster150

Send it back. You have 30 days to protest a Paypal purchase. Take pictures and file with e-bay for a return.T item is not as represented. Don't wait too long.

Rudolph Hart

I'd wait a while just because they make you.Love it when young digital tech heads get together with older grumpy people to design a phone you can get returns on,see pic below.

Hobbsy

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Very brief conversations would be the norm.

mwilson298

I talked with the seller of the FA-120, he's giving me my money back and I am keeping the engine. Who knows, might find the parts later or build an intake myself....

blw

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Can't go there, ACDII. Not even going to think about close calls.

Glad you're getting your money back. A bad deal is tough to live with. Sounds like you did okay.

Rudolph Hart

I'm gonna stamp on your next saito

acdii

It wasn't pretty, and definitely something that you remember 30 years later.

Here's the muffler I was referring to.

Hobbsy

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Yep, FA .40a, the short one is FA .30.

Hobbsy

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At only .10 cubic inch less displacement one wonders why the .30 muffler is so much shorter. It could be that Saito did a little sound engineering as the .30 when at full song sounds like a big engine. The prop is a Graupner 10x5.5. On 10% Wildcat and a Fox Miracle plug.

Hobbsy

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There has been some talk here and abroad that the 50 sized Saito velocity stack is too small for the Saito 1.00 and the 1.25. It barely smaller than the 1.00's venturi ..015" smaller than the 1.25's venturi. I ordered some remnant K&S tubing both brass and aluminum and some 9mm pieces. The aluminum v-stack on the 1.00 is maybe .010" larger than the venturi and the V-stack on the 1.25 is about the same larger than the 1.25's venturi. The FA .40a is pictured because it has a cast in tapered velocity stack that 12mm deep. Just doin stuff for fun, naturally ruined a couple but no biggy, I just cut off some tubing and started over. To make the 1.25 V-stack I had to enlarge the hole in the V-stack clip,to .375".

acdii

Some day I hope to get back into the planes. Today I tried to fix the water line to the barn. Trenched and replaced the line where I though the leak was, turns out that it it right at the foundation, where I can't get at with the backhoe because of the AC unit. The ground there was so hard that I was doubting that was where the actual leak was, and thought it was where all the mud was. Have to bore through the foundation a few feet over and try that next.

Hobbsy

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Digging under a foundation is never fun, less fun if it's a sewer pipe.

I may get a chance to play the velocity stack game some more today.

I have all this wood to cut into 25" lengths and to split, it came in a Ford L 9000 heaped up,over the top. It keeps my biceps stretching my Tee shirt sleeves, even at 75.

Hobbsy

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Question for someone more experter than me, can a Saito .65 cam housing replace the cam housing of the right Saito 1.30 cam? This is to eliminate the pump because it's broken.

Captcrunch44

Boy as similar all the cam housing’s are you would sure think so. Or get another right one.