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    Vanguard 16hp modification for more hp?

    I'm making a budget bandsaw mill. Got a V-twin Briggs and Stratton Vanguard 16hp horizontal really cheap, only £50. Taken it apart, looks in good condition inside, dated to 1993 but not ran long I reckon, just simple fixes as they'd not changed the oil, ran it and it wore the cam shaft back in...
  2. Eivind from Norway

    Husqvarna 550 Top Handle mod

    Hello. I have both Stihl 150 and Husqvarna 540 top handle saws. Both are ported and runs really well. But for larger trees I often use a ported 550 when climbing. The cutting power of the 550 is really so much greater than the 540. However, the absence of top handle on the 550 makes it...
  3. Johnnybar

    MS290 Muffler Mod...Dead Horse Gets Beat Again

    Guys, I've searched and found so many different versions of modding MS290 mufflers that I gave up on trying to figure out who was right. Some have opened up every restriction so much that there could not possibly be any back pressure and some haven't while all report "runs better than ever"...
  4. R

    545/550xp muffler mod

    Bought a dented up used muffler. I cut it apart with a 4.5 inch wafer wheel. Cut off exhaust exit pipe and opened up hole with die grinder, Opened up two lower small holes in center tube from entrance side tube. Tig welded it back together,painted with rust-o-leum 1200 degree grill paint and...
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