Inside the "Triple Nickel"
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chadihman
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Crap I got a few of them. I once put a chain on backwards and a eBayer pointed it out.
The cylinder hasn't been off yet. However, I was able to put 1 1/2 tanks of fuel through it this afternoon. Afterwards, I threw a brand new RS chain on it and videod some cuts. I then did a MM, made some adjustment cuts, and then recorded some more cuts. I'm out to eat with my wifey now. I'll get the vids up a little later.
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porsche965
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Take care of family first. We all can wait 
First of all, I'm very impressed with how this saw runs bone stock. I don't say that about a lot of saws. Lots of saws are doggy and down on power until they at least have a muffler mod. That's not the case with this saw. It just feels good. It has no trouble at all pulling a 20" bar buried in hardwood. Throttle response is great. Torque is great. Hot starts are great. I simply have no complaints about it. I could totally recommend this saw to someone looking for a great all around firewood saw, that has no intentions of any mods.
Here it is bone stock, on it's second tank of fuel. It's a brand new Stihl RS chain. As you can see, the chain loosened up a little in the first couple of cuts I did with it before the vid.
Interesting enough, a muffler mod did little to nothing for it. Perhaps it needed more time to adjust to the change. I only made 6 cuts in this log after the muffler mod. The last cut at the very end of the vid did show an improvement. I modded the muffler just like I do on a 550. I opened up the baffle a little and opened up under the factory deflector. I don't like to open the baffle too much on the 550 because any more just seems to make it louder.
Here it is bone stock, on it's second tank of fuel. It's a brand new Stihl RS chain. As you can see, the chain loosened up a little in the first couple of cuts I did with it before the vid.
Interesting enough, a muffler mod did little to nothing for it. Perhaps it needed more time to adjust to the change. I only made 6 cuts in this log after the muffler mod. The last cut at the very end of the vid did show an improvement. I modded the muffler just like I do on a 550. I opened up the baffle a little and opened up under the factory deflector. I don't like to open the baffle too much on the 550 because any more just seems to make it louder.
This is not the first time I've seen a muffler mod not make a big difference on a good saw. The Dolmar 7900 is another example. To me, it's a comment on how well the saw runs bone stock.
sunfish
Fish Head
Nice vids Brad! I've been saying the 555 is the best firewood saw on the market right now.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
It really 4 stokes outta the cut at WOT. I never really noticed my 550 or 562 doing that but maybe its just easier to hear on the video.
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l don't know why but it seems few have had carb issues with the 555 compared to the 562. l would imagine they have similar/same carbs? Maybe its just many around here with 'prosaw' mentality own 562's. l am kinda glad l got a 555 instead.
The 555 has a different carb than the 562. The 555 has a EL49, whereas the 562 is going from a EL46 to a EL48. Keep in mind what Terry told us. He has only dealt with maybe a dozen carb issues on the 562, and that includes problem saws sent in that he had not worked on previously. While having carb issues with your saw is a royal pain, it's not like most of them are suffering from it. Hopefully mods won't mess up the manners of this saw. It runs perfectly right now.
I'm betting that is the rev limiter you're hearing.
Show me your modded and ported Triple Nickel after a 159hrs of run time and lets see how its running, guess we will all be dead by then.
Well just my opinion (go ahead Monkey), modding an AT saw is pretty much pointless for the builder lacks the ability to change all of the variables, just has to be able to conform within the given unknown parameters within the system they are presented with.
I'm not following you. Porting does the same thing for an AT saw as it does for one that's not. The AT automatically changes the only variable it needs to...fuel.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Probably....its still learning so it might be revving a little high outta the cut still.
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Within an extent. Such a shame you guys weren't around to play with Gen1 AT. AT does not have any downstream feedback, a simple lean out test and its mapping is all it has.
Take the muffler off the 555, fire it up and tell us what it does, how it runs, will be a good indicator.
WTF??
Well would a good solution for fubared 562 carbs be to replace them with a prooven 555 EL49 carb? l must say l am to happy about how my 550/555 both run stock..the sound of them spooling up is very different to other makes/models.
