fastest stock saw?

[Cut4fun]

i recently bought a 346 xp ive used similar smaller saws.They aint even close to the 346 xp in cutting speed

STOCK key word there, I would bet on the 5100S over a 346xp stock and I know my stock P 5000 plus could nip at the heels of the 5100 running 3/8.

 

[04ultra]

STOCK key word there, I would bet on the 5100S over a 346xp stock and I know my stock 5000 plus could nip at the heals of the 5100 running 3/8.

Is your 5000 running 3/8 too???




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[Cut4fun]

Is your 5000 running 3/8 too???
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Yes why?

 

[04ultra]

Yes why?

Just asking...........




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[Cut4fun]

I have 5000's running 325 in 5/32 old stuff, 325 in oregon 3/16, 325 stihl opened up to 7/32 round chisel, 3/8 square and 3/8 round chisel.

Next question.

 

[Cut4fun]

Just asking.......
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Now you know when I run a test of saws and chains etc I try and keep everything equal.

 

[04ultra]

Now you know when I run a test of saws and chains etc I try and keep everything equal.

Yup........Stock chain out of the box is best .........






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[Cut4fun]

04ultra, the only limiting factor on the 5000 is the stock carb in stock trim IMO. Most wont go above 13K without going lean or the gov in the carb holding them back stock.

 

[Cut4fun]

Yup........Stock chain out of the box is best .........
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Yep these were both run with a work chain for testing.

 

[04ultra]

I have 5000's running 325 in 5/32 old stuff, 325 in oregon 3/16, 325 stihl opened up to 7/32 round chisel, 3/8 square and 3/8 round chisel.

My 5100's run 3/8 round.....Easy to file in the field..............






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[Just Mow]

Hands down, my Eager Beaver.

Why is your Beaver so Eager

 

[joatmon]

Why is your Beaver so Eager

'Cause he's been listening to that new fleetWOOD mac song, "You make cuttin' fun".

 

[SawTroll]

My 5100's run 3/8 round.....Easy to file in the field..............






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That is very true, but we will try .325x8 on it as well, just for kicks - and 3/8 on the Husky NE 346xp.
:greenchainsaw:

My gut feeling is that .325x8 probably will be fastest on both in smaller wood, maybe not in larger...

If there is not a big difference they will most likely both be set up with 3/8x7 at some point.....

 

[romeo]

since we havent had any arguments lately about which stock saw is the fastest, no modifications at all. I think its due time we had another thread on this.

so, which saw in any given class do you think is the fastest? I dont care if you say 090, 346XP, or what.
its just too happy around here. hope this doesnt get me banned lol


for me, I think the fastest stock saw in the 50cc class, is the 346xp, 70cc class 372XP, and in the 80cc class, my mac 250

Fastest???? Stock???
Here are my top 4 picks, I don't own any of these BTW:
1. 690 Solo
2. Pro Mac 81E
3. 7900
4. 361

 

[SawTroll]

Can't say about the 42 special from experience, but dealer said it was an open port cylinder, same bore and stroke as 242. Most 42 users here put 242 top ends on when work was needed.

Sounds logical!

 

[wood4heat]

Fastest???? Stock???
Here are my top 4 picks, I don't own any of these BTW:
1. 690 Solo
2. Pro Mac 81E
3. 7900
4. 361

I cant believe this went 74 posts before anyone brought the 361 out.

 

[ShoerFast]

I cant believe this went 74 posts before anyone brought the 361 out.

The 361 is a fantastic saw for me, at altitude it Stihl makes power, admitting that i have never ran many of the saws mentioned, it would be a stretch to think that anything can 'hang' with the performance. From 5000' MSL to +10K' it gets the job done, as a pleasure to use!

 

[SawTroll]

The 361 is a fantastic saw for me, .....

For me too, even though I am a low-lander - the superb accelleration and rev willingness of that saw makes it a great limbing saw for mature birch, as well as a great felling and bucking saw....

:rockn: :rockn:

Mine is made in Germany.......

 

[ShoerFast]

For me too, even though I am a low-lander - the superb accelleration and rev willingness of that saw makes it a great limbing saw for mature birch, as well as a great felling and bucking saw....

:rockn: :rockn:

Mine is made in Germany.......

A good race to prove 'fastest stock saw' would be to measure production over an hour, or set time, as there is more to a saw then just one cut. With out facts, or having ran a lot of the saws mentioned, my bet would be that the 361 has an appealing power ; weight ratio?

Just as the 066/MS-660 seems to pay for the wight.

Are there differences in the German 361 compared to the US built 361 ?

 

[Trigger-Time]

A good race to prove 'fastest stock saw' would be to measure production over an hour, or set time, as there is more to a saw then just one cut. With out facts, or having ran a lot of the saws mentioned, my bet would be that the 361 has an appealing power ; weight ratio?

Just as the 066/MS-660 seems to pay for the wight.

Are there differences in the German 361 compared to the US built 361 ?

Last time I done the math.......MS660 has the best power/weight ratio
of any Stihl saw made to day.......MS260 was the worst, MS361 was
at the bottom of the list also.

260 makes .301 HP per lb
361 .357hp per lb.
440 .388hp per lb. if DP gives + 1/2hp= .424hp per lb
460 .410hp per lb. if DP gives + 1/2hp= .445hp per lb
441 .376hp per lb.
660 .424hp per lb. if DP gives + 1/2hp= .455hp per lb.
880 .385hp per lb.

Add DP muffler cover to 440,460 and 660 numbers
should be better.