Mastermind Meets The MS661 C-M

[Mastermind]

Me either.

 

[Stihl working hard]

Well I can't like that

Ough no

 

[HuskStihl]

I mean come on! This is Randy mastermind Evans we're talking about! I was expecting him of hand forge a new cylinder out of an old bicycle or something.....

 

[Mastermind]

Yeah......I'm pretty bummed out about it too.

 

[Dieselshawn]

Stihl likely putting road blocks up trying to prevent the cylinder from getting to mastermind and getting it back?

 

[MasterMech]

Me either.

You're gonna forget where you put the darn saw by the time they ship the cyl........

 

[chadihman]

Chad tells me mid February.

Don't shoot the messenger!

 

[Mastermind]

Chad, you're a good egg for seeking the jug in the first place. We all know it ain't your fault.

I could tweak this jug some more, but I really need to go at this a completely different way, if I plan on learning anything.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

MM you should do something similar to what the wine industry does..."futures"
Ask for some sort of 'future' payment from each one who is contemplating getting one of the new fangled saws built by you and build up an account for each saw. That fund would then go to purchasing the needed parts for R&D. Once you get things figured out and the orders start coming in that 'fee' would then be deducted from the OTD total of a build.

 

[Jabuol]

Chad, you're a good egg for seeking the jug in the first place. We all know it ain't your fault.

I could tweak this jug some more, but I really need to go at this a completely different way, if I plan on learning anything.

Stihl recalled the saw but jugs are still available?

 

[Stihl working hard]

Stihl recalled the saw but jugs are still available?

Has anyone heard yet when the saws will be available I really won't my new 661 getting very toeyopcorn:

 

[windthrown]

Stihl recalled the saw but jugs are still available?

The idear expressed here is that jugs are not yet available... lest MM would be grinding on it now. Word is that the recall was due to cylinder problems.

 

[windthrown]

Has anyone heard yet when the saws will be available I really won't my new 661 getting very toeyopcorn:

Nothing specific yet that I have heard here or in the UK. On the German sites they are asking the same questions, and some insiders there say that the 661 will not be available until at least the end of February, and more likely early Q2 (April timeframe). Stihl is basically stonewalling globally on the 661 issues and any re-release date. A few new 661s are reported to be for sale on shelves in the UK and the US (pre recall saws).

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[Mastermind]

New jug for the saw, different approach to the timing numbers.......bolting the jug on now.

 

[luckydad]

New jug for the saw, different approach to the timing numbers.......bolting the jug on now.

The whole world is watching !!

 

[luckydad]

opcorn:

The whole world is watching !!

U done with it yet !!

 

[Mastermind]

This time I lowered the exhaust like I do on the MS660 and the 390XP........I'm hoping to see gobs of torque.

 

[chadihman]

So what'd you think of those stock upper transfer ports?

 

[Mastermind]

Sharp as hell on the edges, and no bevels.

What I did on this build was cut .030 from the squish, cut the base to get the clearance down to .023. Then I just flattened off the upper transfers so they all open at once, and lowered the exhaust to 100 degrees. I'm using the modded muffler first, then switching back to a stock one, to see if there were gains in the muffler or not.

 

[Hedgerow]

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