Best topping saw?

[MasterBlaster]

Uhhh, when adjusting the chain tension...

 

[JonnyHart]

Wuh?! Whu'd I say?

 

[hlw49]

rb if you've got a 335XPT with 45cc you've got the only one in the world the rest of them are 35.2cc.

 

[geofore]

Originally posted by hlw49
rb if you've got a 335XPT with 45cc you've got the only one in the world the rest of them are 35.2cc.

Not! The Cali version of the 335 was as advertised 45cc. and does much better when modded than the newwer 338, which I hear the newwer Cali's will be built on the 338, due out later this year. However the saw does have the hot knuckle syndrome you can fix by redirecting the air flow down and not across the knuckles. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about but I do own and run a Cali. I use a 14" bar with 3/8", .050 chain for trimming. The side cover did have the slots you can drill and put the (old style) chain adjuster in for those that don't like the Intenz bars. It does well with the 16" bar and is heavy to the tip (unbalanced) with the 18" bar.
I tested my Cali, with a 14" Intenz bar to drop a 4'+ diameter cherrytree. Bar burried, tip in, walk around the tree twice, knock out the wood and go around the tree again to drop it. If you don't test the saw with a cut that should kill any homeowner saw, how are you going to know if the builder did a good job? He said it would run and it did. The PP7900 Dolmar, one of DozerDan's, would do the same tree in a minute where as the Cali took a tank of gas and lots of minutes but passed the torture test.
When you're getting a saw Power Ported let the builder know if it is a work saw or a race saw, it makes a difference. A woods saw if a different animal from a race saw. They are built to do different jobs or was that to make you look trendy?

 

[rbtree]

Things still a mite behind the times in Tennessee, eh, hlw?
Sorry, bud, but i'm a ways ahead of ya in 335/Cali/338 knowledge..

Today I timed some cuts with the PP338, 335Cali dual port muffler, and MS200T, in 9-10 inch hard holly....not super accurate times but a good idea:

338, 15 seconds...ran slow today, normally a bit better
335Cali 10 seconds
200T 11.5 seconds.

Last time I ran the Cali stock, it lost to the 338 by about 10%....

I may have someone mod the Cali, but it is mighty fast now.

pic is the Cali.

 

[rbtree]

This is the 338, with the muffler off my non working 335Walkerized:

 

[rbtree]

George, did you have the Cali modded...if so,by whom?

Here's a stock muffler and a dual ported one...5/8 pipe added.

Since I think the 338's are doggy and not very moddable, except the muffler, I may buy a bunch of 335 Cali's and stockpile 'em. The future 338 Cali might be the same.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Do the 335, 335 Cali, and the 338 all have the same carbs?

 

[rbtree]

Yes, I think, tho they could be different internally, late to early models,as per EPA requirements .

The newer ones have a primer bulb, but it is still the same carb, methinx.

 

[046]

here's a pic of my 335, muffler modded. starts good and runs pretty strong!

 

[coveredinsap]

Dammit those are some ugly looking muffler mods. I've got to say that looking at those, a successful 'mod' to me is one that 'appears' to be no different than factory, or that appears like it was done by the factory to anyone examining the saw.

There is no way I would want to be caught out in the woods (by a ranger or forest service employee) with a chainsaw muffler that looks like it was chewed on by a bear, or for that matter...heaven forbid that something happens on an in-town job with a muffler like that laying around the scene. These days with people looking to pin blame on anything that they can, a chainsaw/muffler looking like that appears to be a liability rather than a benefit....it just reeks of 'illegality'. And I can't see how if your business liability insurer found something like that on a job they wouldn't either refuse to insure you or drop you like a hot potato.
(Jeez, at least put some type of factory-looking shield or cowling over them to deceive the casual examination, IMHO.)