All this talk reminds me of the talk concerning Fram oil filters. Everyone has horror stories about the evil Fram but I run them exclusively (unless someone has a sale on another brand) and I have never had a bad experience. But of course I guess in 30 plus years of buying Frams I guess I get the one lone good one. Right now I have 3 PH11s on my shelf. My suggestion with the badgers is to check them real close and send em back if anything looks funny. Cross drill the crank and chamfer the holes if you want, do the magic to the cam gear. Maybe drill another hole for the oils return as some have done. I think expertise in a rebuild and attention to details is more important that the brand of piston. As with anything, though, your results will be different than your neighbors......Russ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail