New 372xp

[StoneyMeadowMaple]

They can run good. Particularly with a longer bar. Most guys don’t go crazy with them because of the already heavy piston. They definitely benefit from more oil in the mix

I would send it out, I had a nice conversation with Buxton, I know there are others as I have been kicking it over with my 562, mostly I just don’t want the added noise TBH.

 

[StoneyMeadowMaple]

Used to shelf all the 365-372 xtorg cylinders till i tryed out one of Walkers that came in for a miner repair- couldnt believe the performance out of that saw so changed my mind about the doggy xt and found the info on line what I needed to do to them to stand up and go like hell and a very dependabe saw at that- they have proven themselves over time- usually put SKF metal cage bearings in them or the equivelent.

I was talking to my dealer the other day about bent crank shafts. He mentioned plastic cage bearings. Did the OE saws have steel and the Xtorque have plastic?

 

[Gord404]

not sure if I have ever seen an OE witn nylon keepers- took down a stihl 661 and a 461 and both had nylon keepers so stihl uses them too, i't not like they are all destend to go but under heavy use or overheating metal stand a better chance- not seen anything much in the way of bent cranks- imo

 

[Lionsfan]

I would send it out, I had a nice conversation with Buxton, I know there are others as I have been kicking it over with my 562, mostly I just don’t want the added noise TBH.

If you send it to huskihl, it will be louder when it returns, but it will be done right.

 

[NSEric]

Any thoughts on the X torque/strato ported? Does that solve some of the doggy issues? I assume it wouldn’t do much for crank bearings.

I ported my buddies. I mostly copied a guy named bellhopper on youtube, he built one that ran good.
I widened the exhaust, matched the lower transfers to the gasket, notched the cylinder extension beside the lowers and lowered the intake about 1mm so it opens at 80 degrees. I did no machine work and it still has a gasket, the squish was about .030 so you cant take the gasket out without machining something down. I gutted the air horn so the strato gets a tiny bit of mix from the spit back. He also runs 32-1 in all his huskys.
The saw is snappy, there's no bog or doggy issues. If you are running a 20 inch bar run an 8 pin, it'll make up for the lack of rpm, it four strokes under the limiter, set it to about 13000rpm.