I get that you don't think it's the engine.
However if you haven't checked......... it might be worth the time.....
It is an rktek product after all.
Exactly. And this is not the first time we have read about an 858 kit doing this. There have been plenty and the ones that updated their thread had finally either given up or found an internal problem.
I hope you don't chase everything and then find out you have an internal motor debacle. These kits love to crack the cylinders.
Are you testing the stock pipe sensor connected to sled or disconnnected?