Modding?

[raker]

I modified the mufflers on my 026 and 046. It definately wakes them up.I also played around with the porting on an old 026.

Nothing drastic, just polishing and a slight widening of the exhaust port and polishing of the inlet.

Quite big gains on cutting speed, but a lot more fuel used.Fun though.

[ScotClayShooter]

All you had to do was read the video. It says right on it. Husky 357 woods ported. Testing off the reel oregon CL in very dry cant.

 

Heck Kevin i didnt think you did anything stock!

[High Scale]

Firstly, I must point out that I have no first hand experience in this. But...

 

Husky, Stihl, Echo and the rest of the chainsaw manufacturers are all competing with each other in an open market. If modding was as straightforward as has been described and had absolutely no downsides then wouldnt they be doing it already ?

 

Imagine if Stihl could sell a smaller, lighter 60cc saw that did the job of a 70-90cc saw made by the competition for less money ? They would be onto a big time winner ! And pretty soon the other chainsaw manufacturers would have to be be selling similarly super tuned daemons tweaked with all the gizmo's.

 

The fact that this hasnt happened would suggest to me that there is some significant downside - be it in saw life, reliability, safety, noise/environmental regulations or some such.

 

I'm not saying that it wont right for you. But bear in mind that there is almost certainly a downside somewhere.

 

Also bear in mind, that if you are running the saw faster then the chain is running faster carrying more energy. Your PPE will give you less protection if things went wrong.

 

Just my 2p worth....

 

FG

 

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[Cut4fun]

Heck Kevin i didnt think you did anything stock!

 

 

Believe it or not I totally lost interest in the fast stuff and everything I got is now just woods ported or stock work saws with mm.

 

I sold all of my race stuff off, 10K in race saws and practice saws this year and just take care of the local firewood guys now.

Just got tired of the same old BS and dont miss the travel and expense of the race circuit at all.

[Flyguy]

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I stand corrected !