I picked up a decent 999f off craigslist this week. Acres internet lists 999 as 100.9 cc and the 999f as 103. Did the have different p/c or is this a typo. Was thinking of porting it with fairly simple widening of ports and a muffler mod. Are there decent gains to be had by doing this? Have plans to use it for milling. Thanks.
olympyk 999f couple questions and should i port it?
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Changing port timing without experience may not help but a muff modd and a clean up of any casting imperfections and a good tune will. For milling l would want a saw closer to stock than one making peak hp way up in rpm....but thats just me. Nice saw, l am sure that thing will pull a chain like a train.
srcarr52
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Good find, I've ported one and they really come to life but unless you've done a lot of porting I'd stick to the basics. A new piston/cylinder is $360 for that saw.
Gypo Logger
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The 999 is pretty heavy and was also a cutoff saw. Lots of info here about this saw. What colour coil does yours have?
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All I remember about the 999 is the ol' "infamous 999" thread. 
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Timber Baron
First Dan worked on it, then Ed and finaly Dave Neiger.All I remember about the 999 is the ol' "infamous 999" thread.
how much?? shaun has hopped one up,,and gypo had one long ago,,that was legendary...
ohhh, to have that back in your hands again,no????
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So why was it ported so many times? What was wrong with it? How did it stack up to your 385
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When Dan had it he was new to saw building and Ed did some work on it for milling. Dave made a work saw out of it.
Although it was faster than my 385 it was too heavy for anything but bucking on a landing.
shaun carr had one he modified. would have been fun to see the two run against each other............
