I started it up today for the first time... So far i can't hear the v-2 at all... I tell you one thing... that walbro 255 inline is a noisy racket though, and i have heard that it is fairly quite compared to the t-rex 
It idled better then it ever has... I assume that the forced air helped do that?

It idled better then it ever has... I assume that the forced air helped do that?
Guess I should do something about that when I get back from Korea.