Picked up my new 460 MAG yesterday!!!

[Drew78]

Is the "Max-Flow" air filter kit any good?
I didnt get real good responses on the KN filters, will this trash my saw by being to easy to let dirt and grit into my engine?

I would love to get more air in, but not at the expense of letting dirt and grit in at the same time.

Any thoughts???
Thanks-

Drew

 

[stihlfast]

Max flow

Drew.....I have run them a long time and in some pretty tough situations......alot of dirt ect......you should use (Bel-Ray) filter oil on the max flow air filter......a factory stihl air filter is good but has a tendency to ristrict the air input....where as the max flow doesn't....It actually opens it up........I can understand fully how you would be timid to run something you are not too sure about or haven't heard of much......but them max flows really work well....They not only give you more air but they trap more of the fine dirt and sawdust too...that bel-ray oil works like a charm.....in even the harshest conditions (sawing burnt timber ect) you can take your air filter off at the end of the day and the carb is as shiney as a new nickel.....I am sure you will get some input on this subject.....and I hope it is good because it does work well.....P.S.....I am sure most of the pro's running hop'd up stihls are running the same max flow filter and could tell you how they like them........Just tring to help .

 

[Gypo Logger]

This is where Husky wins out I believe. Stihl airboxes accumulate fine sawdust, clogging holes, etc., on the the carb. Removing the airbox filter and blowing out with compressed air cures problems if done frequently enough. Huskies dont have the same problem, as the airbox is open and has a mini hurricane going on under the filter cover, due to the high velocity air induction thing.
John

 

[Drew78]

Thanks guys!

Anyone else out there have any experience using MaxFlo filters on Stihls???
The concensus seems K&N is not the way to go, but I really want to try to give this saw some more air just not at the expense of letting in forign material!!!

Any thoughts on the MaxFlo's would be GREATLY appreciated-

Thanks-

Drew

 

[Drew78]

If you feel it would be a "waste of your time" to reply to my question, do yourself a favor and dont reply.

I will learn to file and file well. I agree with you on that note.
However there is nothing stopping me from wanting some info on the performance of MAXFLO filters. I will fight my urge here and keep this civil, although I am quite supprised by the 'tone' of your reply.

I have about 5 NEW loops of RS chain for both saws in my shop waiting for deployment. So having a sharp chain will never be a problem for me as I will make sure there is always a few sharp loops within reach. If i cant file then off to waste more of my money on new sharp loops.

Anyone else have some 411 on MaxFlo's???
thanksagain-

Drew

 

[bwalker]

maxflow filters

The transfer ports on a saw motor are about the size of your pinkie finger or smaller. You can have all the air flow in the world before or after the transfer ports and it will do nothing for performance as all fuel/air mix has to flow through these ports to be combusted. Besides bulk flow isnt a issue with a two stroke. Its a matter of timing the ports in a manner that results in more flow.

 

[jokers]

Drew,
don`t take offense so easily. I have noticed a pattern with you, common to most young men. I think Brian is just expressing the same sentiments that many of us do on occassion, that is, all the horsepower and engine performance in the world is wasted without proper cutting attachment maintenance. I`ve got to admit that I took a dim view on your soilitation for someone to grind your chains for you but I then dismissed it. You`re an intelligent man with financial means who is displaying atleast a little bit of "mommy, hold my hand". Everyone has to learn and this forum is a superb place to glean knowledge and the benefit of others experience, but having others do your most basic yet essential maintenance for you may be percieved by some as juvenile. Relax, don`t worry, you`ll grow out of it. Meanwhile some of the old farts like Brian and myself have grown cantankerous and nip at the pups that come around, but we are still willing to share our knowledge and experience. Sometimes it just requires interpretation. Then there`s Gypo, who likes to nip at me, haven`t really figured this out yet myself, but so be it. Maybe I`ve pissed too close to his fire hydrant. I still think he`s a good man with much to share, but he is also prone to having human misconceptions, and he`s not the only person here to wield a chainsaw.

Drew, buy the MaxFlow or however it`s spelled, and use the Bel Ray oil as Stihlfast suggested and you will have the best system you can get for a Stihl. It will probably take a few attempts at getting the right amount of oil in the prefilter but you will know when you do. Oh, BTW, sharp chain puts less dust on the filter.

Russ

 

[Drew78]

Jokers-

Thankyou for the reply. The whole sharpen my saw chain came about from reading LOTS of posts on how to accomplish this feat well. It appeard to me that sharpening a chain was more like completing the re-build of a top fuel drag engine! So many angles, theorys, parts of cutters, blah blah... that it seemed overwhelming thus the idea that I could possibly save myself some time and effort by having someone experienced do it for me! LAZY right?!?
The more I thought about it the more I regretted posting the initial quesion and contemplated deleting the entire post but hell, I started it so I live with it.

Agreed that I am still a youg pup, all of 25 yrs old. I work hard for my money and always have had to and always will. I dont want anyone here to think that I am one of those guys that thinks he knows it all and my way is the only way or I am some spoon fed nancy boy. I love this forum becasue there is SO much experience here and I am always looking for more information and doing things my myself. I guess I am just trying to weed my way through all of this chainsaw stuff. I take great pride in all my tools, power or hand, and maintain them to a degree of anal-retentivity that would make a knats ass pucker!

I have no ill fellings towards anyone here on the forum, Brian has answered lots of quesions for me and been more than helpful. I was just kinda put off by the comment b/c I took it to mean that I dont take care of my saw chain. If there is one thing that has been absolutly tatooed across the from of my brain is to...."Keep your chain sharp!!!"
So that will be my next endevor.
Thanks to all for the help and advice, sorry if I got snippy with some folks.

 

[WRW]

Drew,
Chain sharpened by hand, using the manufacturers directions, will ususlly cut faster than chain right out of the box.
And if you are truly "anal retentive"...re-read what Russ said about less dust.