I have run pro saws and consumer grade saws. I've run modded saws and stock saws. My "Snellerized" 385XP was a beast. I like modde saws.
It is quite apparent that many serious chainsaw users on this site use modified saws. I would venture a guess that most serious users feel that a properly modded saw is better than a stock saw. If that is the case, why don't the manufacturers produce a pro-grade saw that doesn't need to be modded? Why can't the saw come from the factory with the expanded intake, exhaust and transfer ports already tweaked? The cylinder casting could easily be modified to incorporate the changes that the saw modifiers typically use.
I understand why the factory may not want to produce a low restriction muffler that is loud as the factory may want to keep the decibel level of the exhaust below a certain level. But it seems that reasonable modifications could be easily be incorporated as a factory OEM option. Is it fuel consumption? Emissions? Would "factory" mods make the engine less reliable?
It just seems bassakwards that we have to take an expensive off-the-shelf pro grade saw and then tear it apart, grind off a bunch of metal and change some of the basic engineering that went into producing the engine in the first place.
What am I missing?
JQ
It is quite apparent that many serious chainsaw users on this site use modified saws. I would venture a guess that most serious users feel that a properly modded saw is better than a stock saw. If that is the case, why don't the manufacturers produce a pro-grade saw that doesn't need to be modded? Why can't the saw come from the factory with the expanded intake, exhaust and transfer ports already tweaked? The cylinder casting could easily be modified to incorporate the changes that the saw modifiers typically use.
I understand why the factory may not want to produce a low restriction muffler that is loud as the factory may want to keep the decibel level of the exhaust below a certain level. But it seems that reasonable modifications could be easily be incorporated as a factory OEM option. Is it fuel consumption? Emissions? Would "factory" mods make the engine less reliable?
It just seems bassakwards that we have to take an expensive off-the-shelf pro grade saw and then tear it apart, grind off a bunch of metal and change some of the basic engineering that went into producing the engine in the first place.
What am I missing?
JQ