Back when we did the 460 build off, the saw I built was very disappointing at first. I degreed the cylinder on my hybrid and found that it has only 14-16 degrees of blowdown. That's how that cylinder came from the factory. I put those numbers in the 460. It woke up big time. Several others did the same and got the same results. All I can tell you is my experience.
You know how guys rave about the early square combustion chamber 046 cylinders? You know why they run so well? They're the ones with the short blowdown.
Here's my hybrid wearing a 28" bar and running Stihl 33RS chain, cutting Oak. I don't have my numbers in front of me, but I think it's only 14 of BD. It's . It makes crazy RPMs and has lots of grunt to go with it.
This is the same saw, 6 years later, in Ash.
Here it is in frozen Maple, IIRC. Start a 2:10.