Bubba Stump
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I picked up a Stihl 056AV last weekend at a storage unit sale. I paid $300 for it thinking it would be a good hot rod project. I have never had one of these or even ran one before so I don't know what can be done to them for more power. It has a dual port muffler on it and everything seems to be there. there is one small broken piece under the handlebar hand guard but other than that it looks good. It runs but the carb won't adjust very well. I replaced the fuel line and filter and also the impulse line. I have a gasket kit on the way and a carb kit. The gasket kit has the crank seals with it. I ran it on the best carb adjustments I could get but it just did not seem like it had the power it should. I checked compression with my compression gauge and got around 132 #'s. I used a inspection camera to check the cylinder bore and the bore looks pretty good. The Spark plug threads have been Helicoiled but the plug tightens up good. Before I completely tear it down I wanted some advice on it. I was wondering if I could put a 56mm 056 Magnum II top end on it?