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550xp mk2 or 346?
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mmanders21
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What temperature do you cut at? I have 550 mark 1 and 2, they both love the cold. When Temps get up there auto tune is a pain. This is where 346 separates itself. The little extra fuel the 346 drinks keeps the beast nice and cool. I have 2 346 and will not part with them, legendary saws.
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The newer saws run a lot hotter for sure. I did a healthy muffler mod to a stock stihl ms462c. When shutting it off and leaving it in the sun… it no longer vapor locked as easy. Heat soak was no longer a issue since heat could get out. The same can be said for any of the other newer strato saws by other manufacturers. They run hotter than the older saws. I believe that’s part of the reason why a lot of them have primer bulbs to pull cooler fuel through the carb.
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The new technology doesnt bother me. They should have it figured out. I'm not going to get rid of the 346. I'll tty em both for awhile and see which one I pick up most when I want a light saw for cutting.
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What is rev boost anyway ? 346 is just a peach of a saw. Gives me wood
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Do we all have carb fed trucks still? I know I don't. So I'll happily take a autotune mark 2 saw. I would hope those creases are now all but ironed out. Anyway I live in the UK. Rarely see anything above 30 degrees. And even then I'll stick my saw in the shade if I'm leaving it a while. [emoji106]
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I just saw a 550xp on craigslist in Georgia for 200.00$ .
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Won't see a 346 for that price...
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I'm pretty good at finding decent deals on saws, and I haven't seen a single 346 around.
Eventually I will probably come across one but they must not get tossed very often, the 550s litter the scrapyards though.
Eventually I will probably come across one but they must not get tossed very often, the 550s litter the scrapyards though.
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I havent seen a 346 or a 550 for sale around here for awhile.
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I suspect one of the reasons the 550's get tossed out so often is the cost of the piston/cylinders, pretty much double/triple a 346 and rarely a deal to be found. That and the scored 550 cylinders don't seem to clean up as readily as the 346's.
I have 3 550's been sitting in a box for lack of reasonable $ p&c's...
For some reason it appears that the mkII cylinder kits are somewhat less but still double.
The 346 cylinder kits (as well as 357 and 372) are about the best deal out there of really any decent saw, so for me that's a big up vote for the 346...
I have 3 550's been sitting in a box for lack of reasonable $ p&c's...
For some reason it appears that the mkII cylinder kits are somewhat less but still double.
The 346 cylinder kits (as well as 357 and 372) are about the best deal out there of really any decent saw, so for me that's a big up vote for the 346...
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The 550 is a fast saw in my book. But I havent put it up against the 346 yet. The 346 is ported too. I'll do it when I come back from vacation. I just might send the 550 off to get ported. We'll see. I'll keep you updated in about a week.
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Did you ever get the 550 ported and run against the ported 346?
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I’m trying to decide between a ported 346 or ported 550 right now, have run both stock and a ported 346 never a ported 550
