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Playing with a Solo!

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    Well I took my first stab at this 665/7910 solo hybrid build. I'm not super happy with the out come YET but she's no slouch. Needs a tad better chain! An unlimited coil and some break in time. This is cut 9 and 10 on a fresh build. Well get her all ironed out here very shortly! 20160216_164412.jpg
     
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    O wait Ya'll wanted a vid not a pic didn't ya! Lmao! :dex:
     
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    Looking good!
     
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    Wow! That is a sweet looking saw! The l&t looks great on it. You put a dolmar top end on it?
     
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    Looking and sounding good!
     
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    Yes sir. It has a ported 7910 top end on it. !:)
     
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    So everything lined up with the cylinder. Bolts holes, muffler, intake,decomp?
     
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    Why mess with a "factory rod of hot" as Gunter from Gugenheim would say?
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Good ol Gunter self proclaimed GOAT.
     
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    And a few others that I don't remember right now.

    Reading Gunter'S posts I literally spit out my drink a few times it caught me off guard it was so funny.

    "044 ...a real man's saw....from land where me are men"
     
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    Muffler really close. Decomp not at all. And she needs either a spacer or in this saws case a big squish cut to make up for the longer stroke crank. 81cc of fun
     
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    What kinda muff mod did it get? Sounds good and runs good. Thanks for the video and look forward to futile vids if you're still working on it!! :thumbs:

    I'm also curious as to how much spacer or gasket you had to use. Everyone use to say it was 1 mm. But I have heard different recently.

    And the Solo's are still one of the best looking saws out there. With an L & T or a Total bar? Hard to beat them!!
     
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    I'll get some pics. It got a dual port muffler. But my tig welding dosnt look so beautiful.

    On the spacer i took .057" from the squish band. Didn't touch the base to get .020" squish. It's gonna be a high comp saw! :dex:

    WKEND LUMBERJAK is coming up to run it this weekend. Maybe we'll get a good vid with a good chain.
     
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    Here's ya some pics and numbers DexterDay
    I took .057" from squish, gasket matched and reworked the lower trans, 100/128/81 is where I set the ports up at.

    Advanced the timing 7°
    20160215_173550.jpg 20160215_173555.jpg 20160215_173620.jpg 20160210_181833.jpg
     
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    It's built very similar to this saw. This saw is 101/129/80 OR 81 I can't remember for sure on the intake! This is CapitaineHaddoc saw for those of you that know him.
     
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    Looking good! So the 1mm spacer that a member talked about over a year ago was a myth?

    If it was going on a stock chamber? Then it may be needed? But machining can eliminate the need.
     
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    Correct. If you want to cut squish you don't need it. If you want it to be stock you need a spacer. I'm sure you could run a sheet metal spacer and 2 gaskets on it like I've done on a few when using other pistons.
     
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    Kenneth made it up to play today. He give me a few chain sharpening tips and here's a vid of him playing we it 2 of the solos.
     
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    Nice!! What a difference! !
     
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