I cut a small popup and ditched the base gasket tonight. The popup is only about .020" tall, so didn't expect much change, and it didn't. The cut time is the same as last nights. Don't get me wrong, the saw runs fantastic with excellent throttle response. Just letting the saw self feed, it'll turn 13,000 or better in the cut. With a medium load it turns about 11,000. To get it down to 10,000 you really have to lean on it. I'm just not finding the gains you would expect from porting. I'll play with the carb next.
[video=youtube_share;QvVKtJRqC4c]http://youtu.be/QvVKtJRqC4c[/video]
I just watched the video again and it seemed like it was searching around for the good setting. A little more runtime and it should come out of it, I don't think it needs a reset, just a good ol' trip on the short bus for some edumacation!