Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
how'd yours turn out? just the pop up on the 268 piston makes them really run without any porting.
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how'd yours turn out? just the pop up on the 268 piston makes them really run without any porting.
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My 5yo ms290 is my go to saw. It handles 80% of what I do and is easier to handle.
yarbro2
Amateur Arborist
Stihl MS192 TC (top handle) is easily my go to saw. Starts easily, light weight, cuts far beyond it's intended specs, runs and runs!
Downside - if I run it with only one hand to often I end up with tennis elbow like crazy.
Downside - if I run it with only one hand to often I end up with tennis elbow like crazy.
My friend is going to cut me some popups using those 5.00 huztl pistons.
I cut a 268 piston down this spring comp was at 165 with a mahle 372 cylinder runs great revs high.
I swapped it out for a double ring huztl until my 268 pistons get done.
I'm hoping for a nice compression bump.
All china except oem cylinder full wrap an oem wristpin bearing.
I bought a couple more after this one i'm running big bores on them he is going to cut me a couple of 272 pistons down for them.
Poleman built me an excellent carb for it i'm having him build a couple more.
Fun cheap saw's under 300.00 each after mods.
LoveStihlQuality
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028 Super and 046, ported
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I,m with Grack & Westcoaster90 on the Simonized 372, the grunt starts at rev 1 & goes rite up to 14500.
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Still love a 288 wish i could find a full wrap.
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^ That is nice!
TreeswingerPerth
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Limbing , ported 346xp , felling small/medium 372xp , big stuff 395xp . For fun a crazy fast ported 254xp , and up trees fine pruning an Echo 2511 running 1/4 chain and Stihl bar , bigger pruning ms200t .
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My 757 Shindaiwa
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Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
i didn't say simonized 372 lol while they run good and are consistant there are stronger 372's. the one in particular i mentioned was done very differently from how simon does them too. different piston then he uses as well. cutting a popup on a 268 piston and throwing it in there is so retarded easy that anyone can do it and have a stout saw without any grinding on the cylinder.
weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
Definitely stihl 150. It makes me giggle how much can be done with that little toy saw.
Everything I own has its place, but that little saw cuts way more than its share.
Everything I own has its place, but that little saw cuts way more than its share.
KrAzY
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My 031AV it is heavy but i have yet to bog it down in anything lol it's a beast!
Echo CS400 or a CS520 , both are light for their size and are hot rods with just a muff modd and tuned right. Steve
That's all I did with mine, I thought that was basicly what Simon did, mine seems to have torque all the way up the rpm range.
sunfish
Fish Head
Ported 357xp.
Brian72
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My 520 hasn't been touched since the dealer started and tuned it the day I brought it home. Absolutely my favorite saw. It's been so good I can't bring myself to do any mods. Why mess with a good thing.
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Exactly. The size of the logs being cut determines my favorite saw. I can make a small saw hate me by cutting logs too big and a large saw hate me by cutting small limbs.
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