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  1. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    As per that gents e mail it comes as no surprise he denied it was ever a mistake .He obviously has never experianced how a well tuned 200T runs .Which also comes as no surprise .Fact it would come as a great surprise if that fellow ever ran a chainsaw period .
  2. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    According to the info I've heard any 201T made after Feb 2014 already has the upgrade . If it runs good already it might not be worth the effort . On the other hand if it were Aussie prices of 50 bucks you really don't have much to lose.
  3. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I'd imagine it has something to do with the region .Stihl for reasons unknown does not make everything accessible to everyone . Fact I had a loop of 3/8" pico chisel a full 6 months before my dealer had any . I'd well imagine that given enough time if Stihl doesn't make the upgrade kit...
  4. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I bought a great big mower yesterday from the Stihl dealer I do business with,Toro 54" zero turn . When he delivered it yesterday afternoon in conversation I mentioned the 201 up grade .His supplier is in Cincinnati and one of the largest in the USA .He'd never heard of it .
  5. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    On the 200's I've seen several carbs .Fact Tom has a fixed main jet but that's on an 020T .Although they bad mouth those carbs that rascal runs pretty darned good . The carb I got from Eddie is the latest accellerator pump model .That souped 200T has never ran so good . I still contend it...
  6. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    So is it a rejetted carb, larger fuel chamber maybe ? Nobody really said .I only assumed it to be a offset milled flywheel to advance the timing . Unless possibley they some how in some way defeated the fresh air transfer charge or at least decreased a portion of it . I'd like to know myself...
  7. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I'm not certain if I mentioned the fact that Toms' saw was one of the earlier models .Butch evidently must have a later model and thusly has had no problems with it . Makes you wonder what they did but didn't bother to tell people .Just recently in the news GM tried to cover up the bad...
  8. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    That is probabley as close as that company or any company for that matter admitting they screwed up .If the 50 dollar deal holds out in North America that is far cheaper than the individual parts would sell for .I wouldn't doubt however if even at 50 bucks there isn't a tad bit of profit in it...
  9. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    It very well could be an atonement because of the complaints from people . Just like Microsoft is making an upgrade on Windows 8 because people dislike it .I've had a brand new Dell sitting here nearly a year because of the forked up Win 8 on my wifes machine .As soon as the patch comes out...
  10. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I agree with Magnus not only on chainsaw but just about every level of tools ,lawnmowers etc . Take Black and Decker for example .At one time they were the top of the line company in electrical power tools .Truth being they made more money in the lower end of the scale rather than professional...
  11. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    Not really .I work in an auto engine plant .The engines today as oppossed to say 25-30 years ago are light years more advanced . Of course the average shade tree mechanic can't work on them .Then again you don't have to . Who knows perhaps these modern saws might the same given enough time...
  12. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I think where in the problem lies regarding the EPA and chainsaws is the fact that for all intents a saw has two throttle positions .Basically it's either at idle or running full bore wide open . With a modern automobile for an example with electronic fuel injection and variable valve timing...
  13. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    I can't for the life of me figure out how a different carb would help the thing out unless it blasted a lot more fuel . If it did that though how could it pass EPS regulations which brought about the engine design in the first place ? All in all it still goes back to one basic fact,it takes...
  14. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    It would not hold 16 thou in the wood .My modified 200T free revs at 15.6 but it certainly can't hold it under load .I don't tune with a tach but I need a good tach just for things like measuring speed in the cut which is where it counts .RPM's in the air is just noise .
  15. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    You can't even buy the carb for 50 bucks .Now I can't help but wonder with obviously an advance keyed into the flywheel if the magnets align with a non rev limited coil. If they are going to sell this kit in Australia I'd bet they soon will in North America . Another thing dawned on me .I...
  16. Al Smith

    Stihl 201 upgrade kit

    So in speculation perhaps the flywheel has been offset forward to advance the timing ?
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