Another thing, this new 346 I have coming won't be getting the level of treatment my personal 346 has. It will be getting basic woods porting, just like the 261 will be.
The MS261 is here!!
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bookerdog
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It really depends on how far slinger ported the saw your talking about. Slinger can be mild with a port and also take one much farther.
bookerdog
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Ran a 261 yesterday nice saw.
I understand that entirely. Let's please not turn this into a builder competition. That's not what this thread is about, and will only serve to destroy it:cheers"
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I wasn't dogging Slingr the least bit. Fact of the matter is, I've never run a Slingr ported saw and from what I hear, they're awesome. I was just stating a fact, and that fact is your 346 is an excellent bench mark to be tested against.
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bookerdog
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Not where I was going. People need to understand there are degree's to which a saw is ported.
I understand. I just know how some can grab stuff like this and run away with it. It's all good
Something I failed to mention about the muffler mod... This stainless muffler is hard. There was no way I could get it to take a sheet metal screw. I ended up having to tap it and use a machine screw. That's some hard metal!
litefoot
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I still shudder everytime I remember back to hearing those words.
On a serious note, Brad, I've been away for a bit (substituting reloading into the time I spent with saws) but it looks like you're still doing great and informative stuff here. Thanks...I guess...now I'm going to have to look real hard at a new 261.
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I still shudder everytime I remember back to hearing those words.
"Don't make me take my belt off, son!"
bookerdog
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Brad I havn't been on in awhile are builders starting to get more then 20 to 30 percent out of strat saws now.
logbutcher
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Wood you ladies stop garter pulling.....pullleeezze ?
cAN WE HAVE A SHOOTOUT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 346XP AND THIS MS261 ---OUT OF THE BOX ? NOW,for the great unwashed listening in with baited breath.
cAN WE HAVE A SHOOTOUT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 346XP AND THIS MS261 ---OUT OF THE BOX ? NOW,for the great unwashed listening in with baited breath.
It's coming, it's coming, lol! You've already got the baseline cuts for the 261. The new 346 will be here tomorrow or the next day. I will make cuts with it bone stock. The muffler mod will also include an unlimited coil. I'll then port both saws and compare them again.
That seems to be the typical results for any port job, strato or not. I've had good results with the stratos. They're just more work, meaning there are more ports to work on.
Yes, I used a Husky deflector. I'll get some pics of it up for you guys.
bookerdog
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If you ever want to do a 576 to 441 comparison let me know. I have a new 576 that can be used.
That would be fun, except the 441 I did is in NY
It responded tremendously. I was very pleased with it.
The Husky deflector was too big to fit, so I ground the front and back flanges off. The only bad part is that there's nothing to hold the screen down in the front now.
I also opened up the factory port and left the screen out. The screen is TINY.
I also opened up the factory port and left the screen out. The screen is TINY.
