tuning an 066 Magnum for non-performance

[Jacob J.]

<p>Howdy Folks<p/>
<p>My cousin brought a Red Light 066 Magnum into my shop the other day to be rebuilt. He's a sawyer in a mill by trade, and cuts wood as a hobbie. Him and my brother are highly competitive firewood cutters. My brother suggested I tune my cousin's 066 down so my brother could outcut him with his 044. Here's some ideas I came up with:<p/>
<p>1.- Install a baffle in the combustion chamber.<p/>
<p>2.-Install boost ports in the cylinder, but instead of facing them up towards the combustion chamber, face them down towards the crankcase.<p/>
<p>3.-Use a carburetor and muffler off of an 028.<p/>
<p>4.- Use a 36" bar with .404 standard sequence chipper chain.<p/>
<p>5.- Use old shoe leather and laces as a fuel filter and fuel line.<p/>
<p>Any other ideas?? Did they ever make a chipper chain in .404 with those anti-kickback triple hump tie straps??<p/>

 

[Gypo Logger]

If it was me, I would be putting the 3/8 chain on backwards mounted on a 9 pin 325 pitch sprocket with a couple of rubber balls from an old computer mouse installed in the muffler.
John

 

[tree monkey]

put his chain on backwards

 

[mryb]

Squeeze the channel that the chain rides in a little tighter to create more friction

 

[Rotax Robert]

Try a different bar oil...that oughta do it

 

[Chainsaw_Maniac]

Call me a bad sport, but I don't see the point of doing that. I don't see anything funny about tuning down a saw.

 

[Crofter]

No Respect

Chainsaw_maniac;
These clowns just have no respect for chainsaws, the lot of them, and Tony and Ben are even worse; those guys are just plain mean. I think they should all be relegated to cutting with hand powered saws until they come to their senses. Give em $hit.

Frank

 

[oakman]

i wood add 6 oz. of used gear oil in with his mix. the high viscosity will slow his saw down just enough that the 044 will beat it. an added benefit for him is that the microscopic sized particles of steel suspended in the gear oil will molecularly bond with the aluminum under high temperature conditions inside the powerhead filling in any grooves or nicks thus returning the saw to better than new condition.

 

[Chainsaw_Maniac]

Re: No Respect

Originally posted by Crofter
Chainsaw_maniac;
These clowns just have no respect for chainsaws, the lot of them, and Tony and Ben are even worse; those guys are just plain mean. I think they should all be relegated to cutting with hand powered saws until they come to their senses. Give em $hit.

Frank

For sure.

 

[Tony Snyder]

"tuning an 066 for non-performance"; I thought they come that way. Maybe yours is defective.

Just funnin.

 

[treeclimber165]

Install a brand-new stock fixed-jet carb with the factory recommended fixed jet (usually 3 sizes too small) and a bone-stock, EPA approved muffler. With these stock, factory-approved parts, it can be outrun by a well tuned 5 year old 036.

Stihl is no longer marketing to the professional user. They are dumbing-down their saws to appease EPA and to make sure idiots are less likely to hurt themselves. I've run Stihls all my life but will not buy one of the current batch of their new saws.

 

[sedanman]

PAINT IT ORANGE! .....sorry my bad.

 

[Tony Snyder]

Yah, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could buy some magic paint in Husky orange or Johney red, spray it on, and they'd feel so good they'd just run their hearts out?

 

[Toneman]

Try stuffing the muffler with steel wool.

 

[sawracr]

Make a 1/8 inch cylinder base gasket and take out one ring, then put on an 026 non-adjustable carb.

 

[Chainsaw_Maniac]

NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!

I can't listen to this anymore. What you guys ae suggesting doing to a 066 is unholy. If it was a Poulan I wouldn't have said anything, but this is like spray painting the devil in a church, or dunking baby kittens in paint, or using 87 octane gas mixed with a poor quality oil in a stihl. :blob6: