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Either use a thicker base gasket or else shave the piston. Al posted some pictures a while back of how he shaved the piston on that 038 he built, after he shaved the jug too far.

Willie, the air nozzle is just about the most effective cleaning tool. But keep a rag handy to wipe off any missed crud before snapping the picture. ;)

The EPA mufflers on a stock saw cause much more heat buildup than eliminating the base gasket. If you want to save your saw from excess heat and shortened life then mod the muffler FIRST. The people here who run stock saws off the shelf for years with stock mufflers damage their saws much more...

For some of us, it's simply years of running, maintaining and repairing the saws we had. Then as the new EPA restrictions came about, we saw the 'improvements' and the problems they caused. A muffler mod is simply trying to undo the stupid EPA fix so the saw will run correctly. Young guys like...

Either it's slightly plugged or else the carb jetting just isn't big enough. On some of those newer carbs your only choice is to richen up the low end to assist the high end. But I have horrible luck with carbs and usually just replace them if they give me too much grief. For $60-$80 I can...

I think it was $120 or $125. But that was on a new saw that I purchased from them. I know almost nothing of their policies so I suggest contacting them directly if you have questions.

EPA laws prevent them from messing with the exhaust. I got my last saw from Madsen's and they shaved the jug and ported it, but they couldn't mod the muffler. I had to do that myself after I got the saw.