Small saw timing advance

[STOVE]

I read lots of posts about timing advances on 50cc saws and larger.

Do people advance the timing on smaller 30-40cc saws? Does it provide a noticeable enough difference to be worth the effort?

 

[tree monkey]

yes yes

 

[PA Dan]

I read lots of posts about timing advances on 50cc saws and larger.

Do people advance the timing on smaller 30-40cc saws? Does it provide a noticeable enough difference to be worth the effort?

I do. Once you have done a couple the effort isnt much. If you do it and the saw doesn't like it you can always move it back to stock. Only saw i found that doesn't like it is a MS361.

 

[STOVE]

yes yes

I do. Once you have done a couple the effort isnt much. If you do it and the saw doesn't like it you can always move it back to stock. Only saw i found that doesn't like it is a MS361.

From what I understand there is a happy medium in how far you advance. Is there a rule of thumb on what to do? I have read 1/5 the key, 1/6 the key and as far as 1/4 the key.

I am thinking about it on my CS-400

 

[tree monkey]

5-10 degrees depending on the saw

 

[huskihl]

Most Echos won’t benefit from it as they already have aggressive timing.

 

[EFSM]

I wrote this at 5:30 and forgot to post it, and Kevin said the same thing in fewer words. Here it is anyway.

From what I understand there is a happy medium in how far you advance. Is there a rule of thumb on what to do? I have read 1/5 the key, 1/6 the key and as far as 1/4 the key.

I am thinking about it on my CS-400

Echo has one of the most sophisticated timing curves in the industry built into their coils. I really doubt you will see a lot of benefits due to how hard it is already advancing.