Wildthing Races at GTG's.....

[chainsawwhisperer]

You could set them up as fix and assemble races. Each member has to bring a carb kit and hoses to the table...each one gets a carcass...and when its go time, the first one to replace the carb kit & rubber lines, gets it to start and cuts a cookie wins!. U go home with ten running saws! (Assuming all in similar condition, with compression & spark)

Better yet, The competitor's go home with one saw each and I go home with none.
They would all have to be the same saw, putting a carb kit into a Mini Mac takes about 10 times as long as putting one in a Poulan top handle.
I will donate as many saws as we would need of either type. But I think at least 3-4 of the poulans have burned up P/C's.
Jim

 

[spike60]

Better yet, The competitor's go home with one saw each and I go home with none.
They would all have to be the same saw, putting a carb kit into a Mini Mac takes about 10 times as long as putting one in a Poulan top handle.
I will donate as many saws as we would need of either type. But I think at least 3-4 of the poulans have burned up P/C's.
Jim

We share a common goal for the next GTG: Going home with fewer saws than we brought.

Your right about the mini-mac carb job. We'd better pick a 3 day weekend for that GTG.

 

[spike60]

I'll have to plan ahead for something like this. I have a silly amount of the Poulan based saws come through the shop. Green, yellow, red, orange, gray. I never had any interest in them before, and always tossed them in the scrap bin. I'll save them up and we'll do something like Walt and Jim are suggesting. Have a pile of dead saws and see who can assemble something and cut a cookie. Then we can have an endurance test. Tape all of the throttles open and see which saw lasts the longest.

 

[chainsawwhisperer]

Then we can have an endurance test. Tape all of the throttles open and see which saw lasts the longest.

I'm pretty sure your kidding, that seems like it would be a waste of the time and $ spent on reserecting the saw in the first place.
I could see doing it to one junk heap saw.
Like I said though, I'm 99% sure your kidding.
Hey, I have an idea for an endurance test! I'll bring my 750, you bring your best Jonny-red, Cale can bring his 3120! this is gonna be GREAT!!!:hmm3grin2orange:
Jim

 

[Modifiedmark]

You could set them up as fix and assemble races. Each member has to bring a carb kit and hoses to the table...each one gets a carcass...and when its go time, the first one to replace the carb kit & rubber lines, gets it to start and cuts a cookie wins!. U go home with ten running saws! (Assuming all in similar condition, with compression & spark)

If your using the Poulan top handles, count me in for that contest. I have done one before.

 

[rms61moparman]

If your using the Poulan top handles, count me in for that contest. I have done one before.

I'm in too as long as I can stand beside Mark!!!LOL


Mike

 

[BloodOnTheIce]

Well my entry will be Poulan 2550/ Husky 136 hybrid. Yesterdy did a full tear down on the 2550, it's got bad top end.
Got a donor engine from the 136 Husky on it's way.

So in the mean time I addressed the carb, which was unusable, so I improvised.
This is how you make a carb from an 026 work on a Poulan, no choke but was gonna take that off anyway. Both saws have WT Walbro carbs

muffler work closed & JB welded openings in muffler rear closed will add one big opening in front of muffler. also removed cage inside muffler.

 

[Andyshine77]

Well I forgot about removing the choke, blood thanks for reminding me.

I just got done porting my WT, seems to start and run like a top. Hopefully it cuts as good as it sounds.

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[blsnelling]

Well I forgot about removing the choke, blood thanks for reminding me.

I just got done porting my WT, seems to start and run like a top. Hopefully it cuts as good as it sounds.

Sounds good Andre! Have you had it in wood yet?

Two days?!!! What a slacker:greenchainsaw:

 

[Andyshine77]

Sounds good Andre! Have you had it in wood yet?

Two days?!!! What a slacker:greenchainsaw:

Thanks Brad.

Not two full days, I'd say 8 to 10 hours all together lol.

Haven't cut with it yet, a bit late for that + I need a good chain.

 

[blsnelling]

Thanks Brad.

Not two full days, I'd say 8 to 10 hours all together lol.

Haven't cut with it yet, a bit late for that + I need a good chain.

You yayhoos actually have me searching Craigslist for a WT Would this happen to be the one you bought, Andre? LINK

 

[Andyshine77]

It sure is, it was about 2 miles from the house. If you can try and find an older one like mine, they look easier to port than the strato WT's.

 

[rms61moparman]

DANG ANDRE!!!


Sounds like the "BEAST" has another beast in his stable.
Looking forward to seeing that one run!
(Did you ever think you would hear anyone say that about a Wildthing???LOL)

Was that one as clean on the inside as it is outside?


Mike

 

[spike60]

I'm pretty sure your kidding, that seems like it would be a waste of the time and $ spent on reserecting the saw in the first place.
I could see doing it to one junk heap saw.
Like I said though, I'm 99% sure your kidding.
Hey, I have an idea for an endurance test! I'll bring my 750, you bring your best Jonny-red, Cale can bring his 3120! this is gonna be GREAT!!!:hmm3grin2orange:
Jim

LOL-- Yes, I was kidding about deliberately blowing them all up. But I do think that we are likely to have a couple saws go to that "great woodpile in the sky" during this event, one of which might be a Husky 142 that I patched together yesterday. That's what's so cool about this idea though. Nothing invested and nothing to worry about. A guy isn't going to take a nice 346 or 441 or whatever and drill out the carb and snap off the flywheel fins.

Not to worry though, because the amount of these things in their various brands and colors that come through the shop is endless. Now I actually look forward to getting some more, and I'll set them aside for beater racers instead of pitching them in the scrap bin. Not only that, but this has inspired me to get caught up on all of these cheap saws in the shop, so some of my customers owe the OP some thanks.

But Jim, regarding your endurance test idea I have a question; are we testing the saws, or how much endurance we'd have running those monsters? :greenchainsaw:

 

[Andyshine77]

DANG ANDRE!!!


Sounds like the "BEAST" has another beast in his stable.
Looking forward to seeing that one run!
(Did you ever think you would hear anyone say that about a Wildthing???LOL)

Was that one as clean on the inside as it is outside?


Mike

Not quite as nice inside, but still OK. The ring gap is pretty big, but everything else looked good.

 

[blsnelling]

Not quite as nice inside, but still OK. The ring gap is pretty big, but everything else looked good.

Where's the vid?

 

[Arrowhead]

Are you in?? LOL

We just had ethics training at work today. I don't think I can do this:greenchainsaw:

I know better than that... once guys start postin pics of these high performance monsters.... you'll be hooked.

You yayhoos actually have me searching Craigslist for a WT

Ha Ha... told ya so....

 

[Arrowhead]

Large spikes makes a saw faster...... right? :monkey:

 

[Modifiedmark]

Large spikes makes a saw faster...... right? :monkey:

They may indeed, that is if they were bolted on. LOL

 

[kevin j]

there is an OEM metal spike that fits right on. Somebody saw it on ebay and posted the info here. I got one from ebay last year for about $6 I think. Tiny, but they do protect the cases and work pretty well.

I'd guess it made the saw at least .01% faster but the cool factor is 'priceless'.

k