Just build the best engine you can......
There is no better teacher than experience. I've done hundreds and hundreds of saws......and I'm still learning.
Here's a tidbit that will help anyone see what really makes a saw get through the wood faster. Build several of the same model........do them all a little different. Keep good notes, make several cut in bar length wood with each saw.......in the same wood.....with the same bar & chain. Video all the cuts, and review them with a stopwatch. Listen carefully to each saw as it is leaned on, when it is just pulling itself, and when it idles down after the cut.
If you really wanna see what works........this is now you'll get there.
The days of me coming on here and saying what works in each model are over. How you build a saw.......that's great. I could care less how anyone elses saws run.......the only ones that matter to me are mine.
Wednesday, January 28th 2015........and I'm knee deep in studying different combos on the MS660.
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