River Rat's MS460

[MustangMike]

Randy, how was UR trip???

How did the fishing go???

Glad to C U R back.

Got to run both a 461 and 346 ported by U at GTG, both very nice, good work!

 

[HTTR]

Reading these posts have me dreaming of getting my 046 ported. I have an earlier 046 I'm hoping to send Randy's way, but bills keep stacking up.
I hope to schedule a date sometime in the near future.

 

[MustangMike]

My 046 really woke up to porting, but it was not an "early" saw. SN starts 140 *** ***.

The 1st yr saws had better port timing from the factory.

 

[Fire8]

1. Yeah the 650 makes very good torque in stock form,,,, I can just about Imagine after it has been stuffed with bananna's and stuff!!!! FWIW I edited post 154 which you quoted,, and corrected a few typo's miss-pellings, and the difference's in multiple saw technical stuff.. it is much more accurate.... Must have had one to many toddies during the original posting!!!!!! Just saying

   Here's the saw no one likes River Rat sure it not my old 2100 or 660 but I think some people are missing out on, it's not that bad of a saw

 

[RiverRat2]

They are excellent saws, My stump grinding nephew Jody uses one any time he has to flushcut anything w/32" or bigger,,, I ported it a bit for him mostly widened intake and gave it a single MM of Intake floor port timing, with a mild muffler mod and a squish reduction/compression boost,,,, its pretty stout,,,

 

[GrassGuerilla]

My grumpy old grandpa of an 046 made its way home yesterday. Its a whole different animal... Angry. I didn't check compression, but its clearly much higher. Before its Tennessee vacation it was around 160 psi and was a kitten to drop start. Now, you best believe it commands a whole new level of respect. Lets just say i'll be giving him a new E-last-o-start handle today. And it's definitely "piss your neighbors off loud" now too

Of course I had to drag it back to the wood pile. Wow! Just WOW! Seat of the pants wow factor is serious. As a first ported saw, its amazing.

I'm looking forward to Saturday morning. Should have some big river bottom Sycamore and an Elm to sacrifice to the angry wood demon. Picking up a variety of new chains and a NOS 28" bar that just came in from Jon1212 (thanks again Jon and Randy). Both are members you'll be happy to deal with!

 

[GrassGuerilla]

Also wanted to post this since there was some interest in the serial # of a "D shaped combustion chamber with the desirable transfer timing".

 

[MustangMike]

Nice, U will really like that saw!

I believe that SN was in the first year of production.

Mine was not, my SN starts 140 *** ***.

 

[sawfun]

I have a 046 serial # x135082531 and was wondering if that was a D port. I should check a Stihl dealer to see when it was manufactured.

 

[MustangMike]

I don't know for sure, but I think very likely it is. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in.

 

[spencerpaving]

Hey mike..your 460 was a d shape cylinder but it was one of the ones with less desirable transfers but we fixed that

 

[spencerpaving]

Hey mike..your 460 was a d shape cylinder but it was one of the ones with less desirable transfers but we fixed that