Anybody know anything about the guy who ported this 550XP?

[JRHAWK9]

I was browsing around eBay and stumbled across -THIS- ported 550XP. It's quite pricey :msp_ohmy:

 

[DSS]

No, but it's the same guy who was trying to sell ceramic bearing 346's. It still looks like he milled the jug with an axe. 200:1?? My opinion is that he's slightly FOS.

 

[blsnelling]

opcorn: Some of those pics are actually of a 346.

 

[JRHAWK9]

I looked at his past sales and in his ported 346's he uses those Chinese e3 spark plugs....lol

 

[JRHAWK9]

opcorn: Some of those pics are actually of a 346.

Hey Brad, you like buying new saws.....buy this one and let us know how it runs...lol :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[sweetjetskier]

My Blizzard 810 power plow moldboard that has 9 years of industrial snow removal on it, looks better than some of those of those machining pics on that listing!

I would be interested to see the logger in Canada's review on the saw he bought from this guy.

For the price he wants, you can buy 2 Husqvarna 550, with fuel for a couple years, extra chains, accessories and even the most important, after cutting BEER for the same money he wants for one 550

 

[nmurph]

No, but it's the same guy who was trying to sell ceramic bearing 346's. It still looks like he milled the jug with an axe. 200:1?? My opinion is that he's slightly FOS.

Slightly? My dear sir, you are much too kind.

 

[sunfish]

If this guy is actually building more than one or two saws, someone here would have seen one in action. Have Never seen anything other than the ebay listings posted here...

 

[nmurph]

I have invited him to AS to discuss his work- no reply.

 

[Chris J.]

Didn't a couple of AS members ask the seller some detailed questions on a couple of his listed saws? IIRC his responses were lacking (understatement).

 

[DSS]

Slightly? My dear sir, you are much too kind.

Meh. Slightly, completely, stunningly.....same thing I suppose.

And please don't call me sir. It makes me nervous and stuff. :msp_confused:

 

[sunfish]

Meh. Slightly, completely, stunningly.....same thing I suppose.

And please don't call me sir. It makes me nervous and stuff. :msp_confused:

It's southern thing. I spent the first half my life in the deep south and learned you better address folks as Mam and Sir or the old man would take a stick to ya! :msp_mellow:

 

[MTNBOY]

"When I do a full Ceramic bearing and ring version, including Ceramic needle bearings on both rod ends, these saws run on 150 to 200:1"

Thats a new one to me


"I mill around 1mm from the base of the cylinder and use a super thin base gasket to raise compression."

can you cut that much and still have enough squish on that. Brad Or Mastermind can probly answer that. never touched a 550

still abit out of my price range regardless lol

 

[D&B Mack]

You mean no one knows the Canadian Logger he sold that one to? Man, and I thought it was a tight knit community up there.:msp_sneaky:

For that price, I'll just buy two and use one in each hand. :lifter:

 

[Walt41]

I've had a few things come loose in the lathe and still look better than that cylinder base, looks like it was done with a flap wheel on a hand grinder while he was standing on the cylinder to steady it and texting with his free hand.

 

[blsnelling]

can you cut that much and still have enough squish on that.

No. That would be nearly .040", meaning the saw would have to start with .055"-.060". The 550 I had would hit by simply removing the base gasket. I had to do a small popup just to ditch the gasket.

 

[MTNBOY]

No. That would be nearly .040", meaning the saw would have to start with .055"-.060". The 550 I had would hit by simply removing the base gasket. I had to do a small popup just to ditch the gasket.

was going to say thought that was abit much. once again your knowledge amazes

should get that guy to post a video of that saw cutting. but according to his post he only bench runs two gallons thru. not how i break in my saws thats for sure.

 

[Joe Kidd]

I just sent him a lackluster comment he'll probably not like, and wished him good luck at $1250.00. IF I get a response I'll post it. I'm sure it'll be ugly.

 

[Joe Kidd]

was going to say thought that was abit much. once again your knowledge amazes

should get that guy to post a video of that saw cutting. but according to his post he only bench runs two gallons thru. not how i break in my saws thats for sure.

A no-load break-in?? How's he do dat mang? :msp_scared:

 

[Simonizer]

Anyone that was head of R&D for a motorcycle component company would know it is "Moto-cross", not motorcross. Like Clint Eastwood once said,.this guy is a legend in his own mind.