is a 268xp really better than a regular 268?

[Brandon Bondeson]

i am buying a 1995 268 from my local dealer and a bunch of friends told me i should try to find a 268xp instead but really don't see where it is so much better than the regular 268 any help with expanding my knowlage in this department thanks

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

The wood wont be able to tell the difference what you are cutting it with.

Have a 268xp on the bench right now.

 

[Brandon Bondeson]

ya but could i tell the difference?

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

I'm not into these series of saws. So correct me if I give wrong info here.

268 open port cylinder
268xp closed port cylinder

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

You could always do like this one and put a 272 topend on it down the road.

 

[Brandon Bondeson]

yes im pretty shore your info is correct but how does the open vs closed port preform differantly

 

[TreeTangler]

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/open-closed-port-fix-my-ignorance.243154/


Here's a little light reading on it.

 

[TreeTangler]

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/open-port-closed-port.118282/

 

[TreeTangler]

You will notice a difference between the two. Both saws being healthy, the 268xp will out cut he 268. Not by a huge margin, but in my opinion, an amount that is noticeable.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

If your getting the saw in the $200 price range IMO buy it. It will cut wood and a second or 2 longer in the cut wont matter.

Just like I prefer my quad port closed port poulan 71cc over my single transfer style closed port 77cc 83cc poulans. It dont really matter IMO cutting wood. Just my preference.

 

[Brandon Bondeson]

thanks for all your help guys and btw im getting it for $350 but it is BRAND NEW has had less than 20 tanks through it if that!!!!!

 

[Big_Wood]

i think the open port 268 is the best running open port husqvarna saw i have ran.

 

[SawTroll]

I'm not into these series of saws. So correct me if I give wrong info here.

268 open port cylinder
268xp closed port cylinder

True, and the power specs are 3.5 kW/4.8 hp for the xp, and the 3.2 kW/4.4 hp for the later non-xp one. A little more rpm for the xp as well, but not a major difference.

When the 268xp was replaced by the 272xp in 1991, they started making the non-xp 268 as well, using the open-port top end from the 66.
Briefly there was a 268 Special as well, that really was continued production of the 268xp.

 

[Brandon Bondeson]

True, and the power specs are 3.5 kW/4.8 hp for the xp, and the 3.2 kW/4.4 hp for the later non-xp one. A little more rpm for the xp as well, but not a major difference.

When the 268xp was replaced by the 272xp in 1991, they started making the non-xp 268 as well, using the open-port top end from the 66.
Briefly there was a 268 Special as well, that really was continued production of the 268xp.

ok i'm a little confused mine is a 1995 so what ar my specs?

 

[SawTroll]

ok i'm a little confused mine is a 1995 so what ar my specs?

Surely that is an open-port one, so 3.2 kW/4.4 hp - unless someone has changed the top end.

 

[Brandon Bondeson]

Surely that is an open-port one, so 3.2 kW/4.4 hp - unless someone has changed the top end.

thanks it all original barely even broken in!!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

thanks for all your help guys and btw im getting it for $350 but it is BRAND NEW has had less than 20 tanks through it if that!!!!!

I would hardly call a saw that's had something like 20 tanks of fuel through BRAND NEW or barely broken in, but it does sound like a nice saw.

I still have the 268xp I bought new, and other than it could use a compression release for easier starting, it's been a pretty good saw.

SR