Meteor Cylinder Quality

[KenJax Tree]

Easiest and best homemade pizza is to use Naan bread as the crust. Precook your choice of toppings (mushrooms, onions, sausage, etc.), put the naan right on the grill grates till the bottom edges brown up, flip and add your choice of sauce, cheese and toppings. Pull off when the cheese has melted and dig in! Super quick and very little mess, tastes as good as the choices you make.

I was going to suggest changing the topic to something not so inflammatory a few pages back (like maybe, politics) but I'm glad to see that everyone settled down!

Yeah there we go everyone agrees on politics:msp_thumbup:

 

[Wild Knight]

girls too?

Hi Sheila!

 

[8433jeff]

This is my homemade pizza for us fatboys. :msp_tongue:

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Loose the olives, both kinds. Add bacon. Send to me. TIA.

 

[RiverRat2]

I see that you've been a member since '05......I'm certain you've seen much worse. :cool2:

I'm thinking you're right Randy,,,, I'm wondering if he know my Kiwi transplant buddy Andy (AKA: Lakeside53)

 

[Gologit]

Hey RR2

I'm thinking you're right Randy,,,, I'm wondering if he know my Kiwi transplant buddy Andy (AKA: Lakeside53)

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A little past history...we were all a lot better looking then.

 

[Mastermind]

A little past history...we were all a lot better looking then.

Why is that bong sitting on that table????

Well? :msp_sneaky:

 

[Tzed250]

Why is that bong sitting on that table????

Well? :msp_sneaky:

Because they left the Apogee III sitting on the coffee table in the living room!

 

[Gologit]

Why is that bong sitting on that table????

Well? :msp_sneaky:

No need for a bong...we had Hood River home brew. That stuff ought to come with an MSDS sheet.

Take note though on who has a coffee cup in front of him. RR2 and I had just driven practically non stop from Sacramento to Hood River. A cold beer and a warm kiss would have put me right under the table.

 

[Eccentric]

A little past history...we were all a lot better looking then.

Funny Bob, you look about the same to me....

November 2012 for those that are wondering....

 

[thomas1]

Who's the cutie beside the guy in the white shirt....camo hat, sunglasses?

 

[thomas1]

Update. New thread here: http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/221513.htm

I finally got a chance to make this topend comparison that I promised a few weeks ago. The test mule was my Dad's early 1st month production 046. It's always been a fantastic runner. The saw is all original and stock, with the exception of a MM mod. The DP muffler cover is even original. First of all, the numbers.

OEM Mahle
Exhaust - 103°
Transfers - 117°
Intake - 73°
Squish - .032"
Compression - 172 PSI

Meteor
Exhaust - 103°
Transfers - 122°
Intake - 72°
Squish - .016"-.022" (Reverse Tapered)
Compression - 178 PSI

Both saws start, idle and rev perfectly. Matter of fact, there's almost no difference of any kind in the useablilty or power of either topend! To say I am shock, would be an understatement! This Meteor topend runs fantastic. It only has one serious problem. That is the reverse taper and resulting tight squish. At the outer edge of the piston, where it should be the tightest, it's a nice .022", right where you'd want it. On the very edge of the combustion chamber, it's only .016". It should be greater than the .022". Had this been even .001"-002" tigheter, I would not have been comfortable running it. The rest appears to be purely cosmetic. Yes, I want a nice clean port, but it's obviously not hurting performance.

Both saws were tuned in the wood where they ran best. Surprisingly, both ended up in the 14,300-14,500 range. I don't know what it is about this saw, but it's always been a runner. Perhaps the ignition timing is more advanced than what we're used to. Who knows. If I tuned either topend to 13,500, it would be crazy rich and almost impossible to clean up in the cut. Grant it, I wouldn't run them this lean for long extended work, but my effort was to tune both saws to max performance. For a work tune, they both would still be about 14,000.

 

[blsnelling]

Please make all additional comments in the new thread, http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/221513.htm.