thats what you said above, thought you can taken it a bit further, just checkin
I never checked it. My initial plan was to leave it but after running it I decided it needed a little more snot, I had planned on checking it but got a little preoccupied with removing the gasket and forgot to check.What was your squish with the factory gasket?
Brad, my 2012 372xt was about 33 / 34 thou stock
24 min mark is where I check squish
34 thou is quite a bit tighter than all the other stock husky saws i've tried... most are around 42/43 thousandths.
usually a base gasket delete puts you at 25 thou, because the stock gaskets are around 17/18 thou
but if the xt is at 33 stock - 17 you get 16 (close to ironworker's 15 thou)
If you'd like to measure it, send it to me and I'll cut the base for a .018"-.020" squish with the factory gasket. Pro bono.I never checked it. My initial plan was to leave it but after running it I decided it needed a little more snot, I had planned on checking it but got a little preoccupied with removing the gasket and forgot to check.
Thanks for the offer Brad that's mighty nice. I ran it with a 24" bar and I'm pretty happy with it, it's gonna be my main firewood saw with a 20" bar.If you'd like to measure it, send it to me and I'll cut the base for a .018"-.020" squish with the factory gasket. Pro bono.
Brad, my 2012 372xt was about 33 / 34 thou stock
24 min mark is where I check squish
34 thou is quite a bit tighter than all the other stock husky saws i've tried... most are around 42/43 thousandths.
usually a base gasket delete puts you at 25 thou, because the stock gaskets are around 17/18 thou
but if the xt is at 33 stock - 17 you get 16 (close to ironworker's 15 thou)
I left the intake but just removed a little off of the piston skirt (.030) for a little more duration. Between work, kid's sports and cutting firewood, I don't have time to mess with it anymore, I'm happy with it, it'll be my main firewood saw.Great job, love it.
Ironman, if you have someone take 20-30 thou out of the squish band and an appropriate mathematical amount off the base to get .020 squish, the saw will run betterer.
You'll lower the exhaust a few degrees for more torque, increase compression, but reduce case compression cause of a lower intake. You'll have to raise the transfers again and possibly Devcon the intake floor back up.
You didn't mention intake timing.
Could be wrong on this model, but I thought keeping and shaping the intake divider was better than removal. Kept intake charge speed higher.
Pretty saw.
Great job, love it.
Ironman, if you have someone take 20-30 thou out of the squish band and an appropriate mathematical amount off the base to get .020 squish, the saw will run betterer.
You'll lower the exhaust a few degrees for more torque, increase compression, but reduce case compression cause of a lower intake. You'll have to raise the transfers again and possibly Devcon the intake floor back up.
You didn't mention intake timing.
Could be wrong on this model, but I thought keeping and shaping the intake divider was better than removal. Kept intake charge speed higher.
Pretty saw.
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