Bobby Kirbos
Scrounger of Cellulose Based BTUs
For a couple of reasons, I decided to F-- the idea of Chinese clone. I have an MS650 on its way to me from @David Major (thanks dude) that has low compression, so I'm thinking that a new top end may be in order. In the end I will have what I wanted - a quality 6-cube(ish) saw that isn't made of Chinesium, at a cost that doesn't drain the bank account.
Here is where I am at the moment:
After researching the various 660 top end options, where I ended up:
So I plan to use:
Here is where I am at the moment:
- I don't make a living cutting wood, so squeezing out every last drop of performance isn't necessary. BUT I also don't want something that runs like a turd.
- I want a saw for the 30"+ logs that I occasionally run in to. This would take some of the load off of my rebuilt Poulan 245, which does well with the 28" bar but would be running balls out with anything longer. It does way better with the 24" setup I currently have on it.
After researching the various 660 top end options, where I ended up:
- An OEM top end is best, but the price blows up the idea of not spending a ton.
- Big bore kits are hit-or-miss for quality and usually don't add any noticeable performance gains vs. a good quality AM top end.
- The AM circlips suck, use OEM.
So I plan to use:
- Meteor cylinder, standard 54mm bore
- OEM circlips
- Hyway pop-up
- Meteor