Dennbb
ArboristSite Member
Porting will give you anywhere from nothing to 10% more power, make the saw louder, and relieve you of a couple of hundred bucks. Put a 272 head on a 61, same weight around 30% power gain. I put a 52mm jug on a 365, 35% gain. No replacement for displacement. I have ported saws, and payed others to port them for me. Walker on Vancouver Island did a real good job on a 272 once, and it did have a little more power, but I still lost a bucking contest to a stock 670 super. I think most of the power gain users experience is placebo.After a saw is ported, they become faster but do they loose or gain torque? I wonder this because cutting fast is nice but a loss in torque would not be good, but a faster cutting speed and a gain in torque sounds pretty sweet. I own a few saws, mostly husqvarna and one stihl and I was thinking of having it ported but then wondered would I loose torque and I guess also potential lessen the life of the saw. I know the 372 ports well and I thats what I thinking of porting. I was quoted about 200.00$ from a reputable individual on this forum.
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