Mastermind meets the MS390

[audible fart]

Were you a samurai warrior in a previous life? Know anything made in Nippon that isn't golden in your humble and rice wined opinion?

Kawasakis do seem like they might be the next big thing, but they are not there yet. Some goofy intake/filter designs.

Hey! This thread is about MS390s and how they can be made slightly faster at the expense of reliability, not my awesome 10&7 year old 17&15hp walk behind mowers. (that have run flawlessly for years&made me a Kawasaki fan.)

 

[Mastermind]

Looking good Randy!

U tried that filing guide I gave ya yet?

To be honest I can make that particular chain sharper by filing it without the guide. On a Stihl chain it works great for me though.

That's impressive. Your going to make everyone run out and buy a MS390 now. Stihl may have to release a limited edition Mastermind MS390 in your honor.

:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

Your stock to ported video is one of the best examples of why everyone should own a ported saw. Awesome job! Now I just need to get one of my saws ported.:msp_thumbsup:

It was a little too lean in that video. In the video with the smaller hickory I had fattened it up and it was pulling harder.

 

[wendell]

Thank goodness for those hickory videos, I was able to knock another chapter of War and Peace. Thanks!!!

:hmm3grin2orange:

Good job, Randy!

 

[8433jeff]

Thank goodness for those hickory videos, I was able to knock another chapter of War and Peace. Thanks!!!

:hmm3grin2orange:

Good job, Randy!

I call BS. You haven't read anything longer than a gravy fry recipe in years.:wink2:

Haters gonna hate, Randy. Now we know both Japanese and North Polers can't tell time.

 

[Blazin]

Nice work MM!

You must work at the Husqvarna factory, cause they come out of the box runnin like that

 

[audible fart]

Hadn't heard jon1212 review his modded saw yet. Started getting worried.

 

[WoodChuck'r]

MM is waiting for his Stihl dealer to order the new cylinder. :jester:

 

[Mastermind]

UPS has Jonathan's saw now. I told him I wanted him to tell everyone know if he liked my work. I also told him to let everyone know if it sucks.

BTW he's not the only AS member to have a saw I've modded. There are several floating around.

 

[Jon1212]

Hadn't heard jon1212 review his modded saw yet. Started getting worried.

UPS has Jonathan's saw now. I told him I wanted him to tell everyone know if he liked my work. I also told him to let everyone know if it sucks.

BTW he's not the only AS member to have a saw I've modded. There are several floating around.

Yep, just sittin' hear waiting for the saw to show up. It affords me the opportunity to reflect upon this thread, and in so doing I have come to a couple of conclusions.
One being that the true saw enthusiast doesn't deride someone taking a chance by modifying something out of the "norm". I could very easily have asked Randy to do the same thing to my 288XP, and very few would have thought anything of it. However the 288XP in my opinion doesn't lack in performance, so I just couldn't see the point in modifying something that I am happy with. whereas the MS 390 is underpowered for its heft, and I think that is the general consensus, so why not do something about it.
The second is that I find it interesting the amount of hypocrisy prevalent within this thread due to the simple fact that some of the members that make some of the more controversial posts are the same one's who take exception to this saw modification.

 

[WoodChuck'r]

^^^^^^



With that being said I hafta say (as much as others may disagree) that a good built 039/MS390 is well worth the money. Sure it's not gonna run like a friggin' ported 7900 - but that's not the goal! It's to toy with every saw (even the hated ones) just for the sake of doing it.

I say rock on with a ported MS390 and let the haters hate. :greenchainsaw:

 

[Eccentric]

ummm didn't the 390 have a decompression on it? I don't see it on that one? I would measure the bore and make sure that is what you have. The tag on the flywheel can easily be replaced.

It's a 390 the bore is 49mm. The owner bought it new as well.

Good work on the Mooberized MS390 Randy.:jester:

If it wasn't for the fact that Jonathan bought that MS390 new, I'd say it was an 039 with a replaced top cover/decal. 039's don't have decomp valves, while MS390's supposedly all do. Must've been an 'early' MS390 built at the changeover, and leftover 039 engines were still on the shelf. Doesn't really matter either way...

 

[Jon1212]

If by "early" you mean 9 or 10 years ago then yes I suppose it is.

 

[Eccentric]

If by "early" you mean 9 or 10 years ago then yes I suppose it is.

Yep. The change from the 0XX model numbers to the MSXXX numbers didn't happen long before that.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Mastermind meets the MS390
subtitle: Talk about getting moobs in the wringer




:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Jon1212]

Mastermind meets the MS390
subtitle: Talk about getting moobs in the wringer




:hmm3grin2orange:

Great!!! Another cornpone chiming in with nothing useful to add. Well at least this thread has brought about some consistency. Not neccessarily of the "good" variety.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Great!!! Another cornpone chiming in with nothing useful to add. Well at least this thread has brought about some consistency. Not neccessarily of the "good" variety.

when ya gonna run it?

 

[Eccentric]

Whoyacallinacornpone.......yacornpone?????????????

Great!!! Another cornpone chiming in with nothing useful to add. Well at least this thread has brought about some consistency. Not neccessarily of the "good" variety.

Are you really that surprised, considering the folks that'd be participating in one of MasterMoob's threads???? Come on Jonathan...

 

[stihlaficionado]

Are you really that surprised, considering the folks that'd be participating in one of MasterMoob's threads???? Come on Jonathan...

Dang MM, you've been dissed real badotstir:

 

[Jon1212]

when ya gonna run it?

Mark, it's on the way back to me right now, so I may not get to run it until next week. If by some UPS miracle I get it on Friday I'll try to get it out this weekend.

Are you really that surprised, considering the folks that'd be participating in one of MasterMoob's threads???? Come on Jonathan...

Aaron, I'm not really surprised once you take into consideration the almost cult like following Senor Moobs has in the OT forum, I'm just surprised that all the miscreants were able to navigate their way over here.

Dang MM, you've been dissed real badotstir:

Nahh, he wasn't dissed. He was just surprised at the level of pigheadedness by some members. Haters are gonna hate, usually from their "the world is flat" way of thinking.

 

[stihlaficionado]

Mark, it's on the way back to me right now, so I may not get to run it until next week. If by some UPS miracle I get it on Friday I'll try to get it out this weekend.



Aaron, I'm not really surprised once you take into consideration the almost cult like following Senor Moobs has in the OT forum, I'm just surprised that all the miscreants were able to navigate their way over here.



Nahh, he wasn't dissed. He was just surprised at the level of pigheadedness by some members. Haters are gonna hate, usually from their "the world is flat" way of thinking.

Running the saws, owning saws is all about fun w/ me. I don't care how fast it runs or if it outcuts a particular saw.
I had Brad woods port the 385xp & now I usually take it out whenever I cut.