I'd like some honest advice on what to do. If the comments are going to bashing the Ficht then please move on. I have two 225HO's one is an 02 the other an 03. The 03 ran great when I first got it. Thinking possible damage in shipping(long story). First tourney it ran great,right out of the gate. Was getting 120-125 compression across the board.Ran like a scalded dog. Some time later it started acting up and would not get over 3k rpm. Took it on and turns out had a blow piston. Top of the piston had a hole in it and the cyl which was sleeved by previous owner had to gaps at the bottom. Gaps as in pieces broken off.
I picked up an 02 for a steal. Ran great for a while but just not as strong as the 03. Compression was 95-105 across the board. It's been bogging down at take but eventually takes off. Had it the shop once before for that issue and they told me one of my injectors had to be reprogrammed. Sometime later to present started doing it again. I just got back 6 injectors from the 03 that I sent off to have cleaned and serviced. The water separator filters are fairly new. I'm going to swap injectors and also swap EMM's. Thinking about also swapping TPS. Thinking its the TPS due to a buddy with an Etec had same issues and had a new TPS put on and was night and day diff.
Other thing I'm considering is if it's worth having the 03 with the blown piston and cyl re-sleeved? I can do most of the work just don't have the tools to re-sleeve it. All the other cyl are good. Also am I simplifying this too much? Is there more than just re-sleeving one cyl. If I had a shop do it what kind of cost am I looking at? Thanks!