Ported my first saw - 026

[gritz]

First I want to say thank you to everybody on this forum. Everything I've learned from porting came from the people on this forum. Special thanks to countryhunter79 as well! I've been playing 200 questions with him throughout this entire process.

So this is how the saw started other than the covers and the cylinder. It sat in a box and then a bucket like this for about a year or two.



Fast forward to running condition. This is an 18" bar in thorny locust.




Little grinding, little muffler mod, advanced the timing a hair.









Then we get to where we are tonight. Same log, same bar, same chain.




Uploaded the videos to YouTube so they are easier to view. You learn something new all the time, lol.

 

[drf255]

Wow.

Nice job

 

[cobey]

couldnt get the videos to load.... did it run way better?

 

[gritz]

couldnt get the videos to load.... did it run way better?

I think so. The first two cuts I timed at 20.3 and 22.2 seconds. After porting I timed both cuts at 10.3 seconds on the same log, same bar and chain. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

 

[cobey]

cool!!

 

[Four Paws]

Good for you! Glad you took the leap and had a positive experience. What's next?

 

[Locust Cutter]

Very nice!

 

[gritz]

Good for you! Glad you took the leap and had a positive experience. What's next?

I'm not sure. Might port my other 026. After that, I'm probably going to port an 036 I've got, then maybe the 361 and 660. Heck, might just port all the saws I have, lol.

 

[MillerModSaws]

Good job buddy. Your officially hooked. Lmao.

 

[gritz]

Good job buddy. Your officially hooked. Lmao.

Thanks. Yep, hooked for sure, lol.

 

[Landmark]

Nice job.

 

[Hedgerow]

I think so. The first two cuts I timed at 20.3 and 22.2 seconds. After porting I timed both cuts at 10.3 seconds on the same log, same bar and chain. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Did you degree wheel it?
That is an impressive gain in cut times...

 

[drf255]

Your first cut looks awfully slow.

Was there something wrong with the saw before you tore it down?

What kind of timing numbers did you go with?

Base gasket delete?

 

[gritz]

Ye

Did you degree wheel it?
That is an impressive gain in cut times...

Your first cut looks awfully slow.

Was there something wrong with the saw before you tore it down?

What kind of timing numbers did you go with?

Base gasket delete?

There was nothing wrong with the saw that I know of. I literally made the test cuts, then took it in the garage and started tearing it down to port it. I was shooting for 20-30% gain. I ended up at 97 exhaust, 117, on transfers, widened all ports, lowered exhaust to match the top of the piston at BDC, lowered the floor of the intake about 1/16" or so, made a thinner base gasket to set squish at .020, matched the muffler to the exhaust port, opened the muffler as far as I felt comfortable, and shaved about 1/4 of the flywheel key to advance timing. The only other differences are the ambient temperature outside. The first set of cuts were made when it was about 40 degrees, the second set when it was 20 degrees. I can post pictures of the muffler etc. later. I've been really busy thus week, but really excited to finish this thing and try it out. Didn't stop to take as many pictures.

 

[Mike from Maine]

50% gains!!!

You should print up some stickers.

 

[zogger]

Very nice for a first port job!!

 

[Jetterbug]

Wow impressive! Envious of your achievements!

 

[gritz]

So, I was telling my FIL about the saw, and he was like, "so how did you change the timing?" Lol. Guess you just have to be on AS to understand, lol.

 

[79jasper]

Sweet.
What all tools would you use doing something like this?
Not that my 026 needs more power, but more is always better right?

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[ft. churchill]

Good job. I remember my first port job, I was a flying by the seat of my britches as I didn't use a degree wheel. Mine also had huge improvements.
P.S. I love your forum name.... Ya must be as country as corn.