Austin1
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I must have a good dealer then as he told me the same thing regarding the 2159/2156 said for general firewood I wood like the power band more on the 2159 as I was used to a 3.7 Mac. I was also able to run both saw's and could not tell any diff in the wood.(just counting in my head) Also ordered the non cat muffler for just under 40.00 cdn from them.357 will like cutting 20 inch trees even less than a non epa 359. 357 has slightly less displacement and narrower higher RPM powerband.
Ported 359 is hard to beat @ 60cc and very good price wise if you want to get into moddified saws.
Only strike I would put against 357 or 359 compared to 361 is the outboard clutch, it can be a PITA to change chains esp with 8 pin 3/8 gear and 16 inch bar.
Now of course it is ported so it is really a awesome saw!
About the clutch I find it clears noodles fine and who really changes rims in the field?The saw mostly wears a 15'' 8pin combo or 7 pin 18''.