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[Evansaw]

The Looooooong awaited comparison taped!!! By the professionals so nobody can dispute them!!!

And ofcourse the ALMIGHTY 462 wins!!!!

That saw is awesome. That high revving engine can only remind the BMW E30 M3 Sport Evo screamer while cornering!
Pedal to the metal!!!
M tronic version 3!


Ps1: m tronic actually originally made for BMW.

Ps2: for screw carb people, well buy Makita toolkits...

Ps3: 461 had, has and will have faithfull crowd it was a good saw. But 462 is soooooo future super awesome machine.

 

[Deets066]

What mm bore is the 462?
52mm or 50mm

 

[BonScott46]

What mm bore is the 462?
52mm or 50mm

52mm 34mm stroke me thinks. 72cc.

 

[porsche965]

"That saw is awesome. That high revving engine can only remind the BMW E30 M3 Sport Evo screamer while cornering!"

LOL

 

[Evansaw]

"That saw is awesome. That high revving engine can only remind the BMW E30 M3 Sport Evo screamer while cornering!"

LOL

That’s the one and only true friend! Lol

4cylinder m3 begs for revving

Same the 462

 

[00wyk]

Did someone say hotsaws jack?

Two very different approaches:

 

[tree monkey]

maxed out?

 

[00wyk]

I was more interested in the comparison. The two saws are completely different approaches. He also explains some of the weight in the 572 is due to the cylinder and piston, with 5mm more stroke on the Husky as well.

 

[Woodpecker]

It'll pull a 32" but not a 33"

 

[Evansaw]

It'll pull a 32" but not a 33"

Stihl is a 32inch bar indeed so saw would run fine!!! Lol

 

[Evansaw]

Did someone say hotsaws jack?

Two very different approaches:

All brand and builders bashing aside, Jack is a very competent tree feller i have to say

 

[BonScott46]

Thing I always find interesting is the color of the plugs on these saws. Medium brown on the Autotune at 50:1 and black on the M-tronic which I would think points to the M-tronic running richer? I remember seeing some plugs from 550's that were grey so I am wondering if this new version of Autotune runs a little richer? Seems like running as lean as those 550's were running could cause problems longterm...but I don't know much so I am just guessing here.

 

[Deets066]

Thing I always find interesting is the color of the plugs on these saws. Medium brown on the Autotune at 50:1 and black on the M-tronic which I would think points to the M-tronic running richer? I remember seeing some plugs from 550's that were grey so I am wondering if this new version of Autotune runs a little richer? Seems like running as lean as those 550's were running could cause problems longterm...but I don't know much so I am just guessing here.

Grey = not good

 

[BonScott46]

Grey = not good

That is what I said when I saw the pictures.

 

[BonScott46]

Grey = not good

This was a guys 550. Looks grey to me.

 

[RI Chevy]

Does the mix ratio affect how the plug burns? For example, does 50:1 burn brown and 32:1 burn black?
Or does mix ratio have zero affect on plug?

 

[BonScott46]

Does the mix ratio affect how the plug burns? For example, does 50:1 burn brown and 32:1 burn black?
Or does mix ratio have zero affect on plug?

I am sure there are many factors but I am assuming rich vs. lean is the most influential. He (Hotsaws101) was running the same mix in both saws in the video.

 

[RI Chevy]

OK. That's kinda what I thought. TY sir.

 

[00wyk]

Like hotsaws Jack? Well i m thankful Stihl sells a 32inch bar and not a 33 cause my 462 wouldn’t work!!!
Actually i got an Es Light 32inch i can use with my 661 or 462’s

Jack's statement was more to the point he felt anything more than 32" was asking too much of a 462 buried in wood like he sees, and starting to be a handful on the end of such a light saw(13.5 lbs). Jack is not only a far, far more experienced faller than most of us here, he's also a very competent builder. I've ran his saws, and I own one of TreeMonkey's saws I got from the trade section here. Both great saws. Also have ran Brads and Randy's and Stumps and a fair few others, including my own ported saws, whether owned or at GTG's while I was cutting and cruising in the PNW, and had several talks about building saws on the phone with Randy nearly 10 years ago when he was deciding to get in to it. I think they are all good saws. I also think fighting over seconds is a far worse waste of time than the seconds save us to start with. I hope we don't spend too much effort getting caught up in the worthless 'builders wars' we've seen in other forums. Being tribal is fun and all, but I don't see the point there. They are just saws.

My post was mainly to show the differences between the STihl approach in the 462 and the Husky approach in the 572. No one else has them torn down side by side in a video like Jack has. So his view points and findings are very interesting here. I'm amazed the Stihl can pull so strong with such an over square design. But I think by design, it was set up for the European market where they use shorter bars. Which leads me to believe there's something very strong coming from Stihl between the 462 and 661 in the future more for PNW type work.

 

[RI Chevy]

MS500i