Glad you have worked it into a good spot.
Whoever answered at FPP is clueless and that is a shame. They used to swap out the original 34mm chambers for the newer 38mm ones. I have an old one here that I got stuck with but I could always hire a welder to fix it. There is no way to push an engine and not overheat the rear piston with the early ones. I went through this personally with them back in the day. Luckily it's a problem you obviously don't have if you held it WOT for a minute.