Wish you had a video of your build..
Just a question, 272 vs. decking the cylinder and using the 52mm Huztl piston? Is it just less work? Or is the pin to crown height give more material for a popup? Maybe I should go back and wade through the thread.
I have a "Cyclops 2.0" build thats been sitting a year or two, where I decked the cylinder to .017 squish with a gasket, no popup. Did the "Madsen" eyebrow thing on the piston looking to get the blow down in the 20 degree range & to get the exit of the transfers opened back up after closing it off by dropping the cylinder, ended up tweaking the transfers anyway.. Did that for the "simple tools concept too. Got the timing numbers roughly in that 20 degress blow down, 99-100 ATDC for exhaust and 80 BTDC for intake range. Haven't stuck it all together yet. No idea how its going to end up with compression or how its going to run. Another project in the pile! But was going to review the concept as its not in the true "simple tools" concept because of the "lathe" content decking the cylinder & the die grinder for the transfers. Took about a grand to get an old Atlas and tool it to where it was useful....looking to do something different as thats not the focus of the channel.
Wondered if anyone has ever thought a little out of the box and used something other than an expensive metal lathe to get the popup on those "simple" pistons where a piston from another saw like the Stihl 064 or 272 that gives the ability to get similar things you get when decking the cylinder...simple tools