He had enough brains to leave the saw rich until I get the rings seated, he didn’t lean it out to look impressive.
Ditto. Haven't had the 'manly bits' to go tweaking it yet. I'm running a little rich and I pulled the plug see where it was exactly--looks nice and rich chocolate mocha-ish.
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@fordf150 , but I believe the kit includes a new top cover with correct placement of the hole for the decomp. I'm not sure what you're talking about with the muffler. I've yet to read of anyone calling any of the AM 79xx kits "high quality" or more powerful than OEM. Spend the coin and don't look back with regret.
Yep. New top cover with the OEM kit, as it has a relocated deco valve. OEM all the way. Yes, if you have an older model saw like mine (2007), you will notice that the new cylinders have a larger exhaust side outlet where a 'tuned muffler pipe" extends into the exhaust port of the cylinder. The older models don't have that and are a flush mount versus the pipe that extends into the cylinder. Some modification to the muffler should be done to ensure a free flow transition from the exhaust port to the muffler, in this case.
What fit issues, apart from the decomp moving? Hell, plug the decomp and use your existing cover if that’s a concern.
The AM kits end up costing nearly as much after you replace the rings and pin clips with ones that aren’t garbage. And you still end up with an AM p/c of questionable quality.
Yep. After installing this kit with such ease and having the saw immediately fire up and run as if it came from the factory as a big bore is just awesome. I wanted that ease and reliability. I'm not saying you don't have some adjustments to make, but this kit is exactly what you get when you buy the saw new. Not so convinced by the aftermarket stuff yet. I'd rather port, polish and muffler mod to gain some HP than risk AM parts that may fail prematurely.
Cheers,