MS460WOODCHUCK
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What is the differences in these saws?
7900 and 7910
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bryanr2
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cat muffler/ downed power for the 7910. I do like the matte black top covers though.
Great Smokies
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SLR muffler, moved decomp, matte top cover. Same cc, rated .6 hp lower. I've heard it said that the difference is minimal, not at all what the numbers suggest.
DanTheCanadian
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The SLR muffler, limited coil are biggest differences.
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New cylinder for SLR Exhaust
Light Weight Piston
New Crank / Coil / Flywheel 12,800 RPM
New Carb
Flat Black Hoods
RH Deco Valve
SLR muffler does not have a catalyst
Everybody that we have sold a 7910 to that has/had a 7900 has had no complaints except the saw is a little louder.
Light Weight Piston
New Crank / Coil / Flywheel 12,800 RPM
New Carb
Flat Black Hoods
RH Deco Valve
SLR muffler does not have a catalyst
Everybody that we have sold a 7910 to that has/had a 7900 has had no complaints except the saw is a little louder.
Termite
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Gosh I hate to ask but,"SLR"?
DanTheCanadian
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It looks like this, I pulled mine for fun because I have issues with stock equipment. I don't know about decreased economy but I'll tell you that power gain is really noticible and the saw is quieter.
tallguys
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So after 1 1/2 years, are you still happy with the muffler mod results? Any issues come up with ripping out the SLR contraption or is it all good?
RiverRat2
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I like me 7900, a lot, never run a 7910 SLR version yet!!!
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MillerModSaws
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DanTheCanadian
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Its all good! Im very happy I decided to do it and I would still recommend it. I was talking with a Dolmar sales rep about it a little while ago and at first he was a little pissed. Naturally, I told him to blow it out his a**.
After a while though of explaining exactly my thought process and the gains that I received, we both decided that maybe the SLR idea could be a good one, it was just poorly executed on this saw.
Time will tell if doing this will effect the life of my saw or not. All I know is this saw went from a real turd and I was I was gonna trade to my favorite saw.
Exactly in this point I disagree! Actually, the way I see it, it was excelently executed! With absolute minor changes to a existing design, a much more environment friendly version was released. And this is, at least for me, technically impressive if you think about that the top two players(Stihl & Husqvarna) have exclusive access to patents rights of the strato design! And they are definately NOT going to share this access...
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MillerModSaws
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I agree with this as a torch,a screwdriver,a pair of pliers, and an hour and you have a normal non epa saw back. And it looses .8 lbs by just taking that out.
DanTheCanadian
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The sales rep told me that the SLR design could not be patented exclusively to dolmar. He said it'd be like patenting a cat muffler. It doesn't work.
I agree @MillerModSaws. Couldn't have said it any better.
I agree @MillerModSaws. Couldn't have said it any better.
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A SLR muffler from a 7910 only weighs 1.0 pounds. The 7900 muffler weighs 0.8 pounds.
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DanTheCanadian
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Ok you win i admit defeat. I never did the research myself. 
