fredmc
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The best saw on the planet (ps-7900) has a Mahle cylinder.
Another not so good stihl jug
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I bought it off eBay, so I don't know. What do you think about it?
maybe the fine folks at stihl think they are helping the pro porters on this site
when the rough ports in these saws are opened and cleaned the gains will be larger and more people will want to have their saws ported
the pro porters get more business and it costs stihl less so everybody is happy right?
when the rough ports in these saws are opened and cleaned the gains will be larger and more people will want to have their saws ported
the pro porters get more business and it costs stihl less so everybody is happy right?
GASoline71
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I don't know Brad... I don't see all that much wrong with that cylinder...
Gary
Gary
I'm not suggesting there is with this one. I was just showing a new Mahle 460 cylinder for comparison.
mtfallsmikey
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I'm no expert at all....but the pics are quite obvious....even if I didn't want to mod it,I would expect to see better quality..heck, we're in the 21st century now ain't we?
Country1
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Brad's cylinder looked pretty good to me compared to the 1st one...
Brad, is that how a good one should look?..
Brad, is that how a good one should look?..
It's a lot better than the first one. I have seen better though. I wouldn't complain about this one.
timberwolf
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Agree, seen some smoother than that Mahle, but at least the edges of the ports are clean without too much dissymetry and there are few significant flaws.
Country1
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What made you take that 460 apart in the 1st place Timber?
timberwolf
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Lots of times saws get pulled down and reworked before I ever run them.
Saw is going to become a racer, really don't care about the bore anyway, going to cut the head off, bore it out and have it replated with Nikasil anyway.
Saw is going to become a racer, really don't care about the bore anyway, going to cut the head off, bore it out and have it replated with Nikasil anyway.
Sweet!
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I was under the impression the lighter colored cylinders were nikasil, & the darker grey colored cylinders were chrome plated.
Howdy,
I did a side by side. The nikasil has more of a reddish tint to it.
Regards
Gregg
Howdy,
I did a side by side. The nikasil has more of a reddish tint to it.
Regards
Gregg
Why is the Stihl cylinder darker than the Mahle? Is that also because of the plating process used?
BIG JAKE
Let’s go Brandon!
Gregg as long as we're on the subject, can you post up some pics of ports on those jugs for comparison?
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So to you modders....are you gonna still work with these shotty cylinders? If they can't hold up well, what are you gonna do? I don't want to see you guys get a bad name because the cylinder was the true fault.
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If STIHL is going to sell 2nd rate parts, they should forgo the anal examination used when purchasing genuine STIHL parts.
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Howdy,
These pictures are of a couple proto-types I had at my desk here in Laytonville. 1 is a chrome bore for a Husqvarna 51/55. The other is a BBN 395 with the nikasil bore.
Regards
Gregg
These pictures are of a couple proto-types I had at my desk here in Laytonville. 1 is a chrome bore for a Husqvarna 51/55. The other is a BBN 395 with the nikasil bore.
Regards
Gregg
