Warranty’s up - easy 362cm mods?

[66Fleetside]

Purchased my 362 summer of ‘18. It’s seen a fair amount of use in all kinds of conditions and never let me down. I know it’s not the sexiest saw model on the market, but it does what I need it to do. Pulling a longer bar occasionally would be nice when felling some larger trees...but that’s about its only shortcoming for my needs.

Last night I finally got around to adding a usable set of dawgs. The Stihl factory double set. So naturally I start thinking about screwing with other things I should probably leave alone.

Where would you recommend a guy start? (Context: this would be my first “modded” saw if I start tinkering)

• Muffler Mod - expand the factory hole? Add deflector somewhere? Pony up and buy some some sort of bolt on like the bark box?
• Ignition timing - is it worth advancing, and if so, how much?
• Gasket delete - I seriously doubt I would go this far, but would like to know if it’s with it.

In the “non-fun” department, I’ve long thought the oiler was kinda lame even at highest setting. Seem to remember reading that a 461 high output oil pump will bolt in. Curious if anyone has actually done that to theirs and if the results were worth it.

 

[Czed]

@huskihl
@Stump Shot

 

[huskihl]

Send me a PM if you want it ported

 

[66Fleetside]

Send me a PM if you want it ported

Man, I’d love to....but don’t think it’s gonna be in the budget any time soon.

 

[huskihl]

I’m not certain if you can get away with a BG delete on that model or not. Opening up the original exhaust hole always helps a little bit. If you wanted some more you could put a deflector on the recoil side.

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

I’m not certain if you can get away with a BG delete on that model or not. Opening up the original exhaust hole always helps a little bit. If you wanted some more you could put a deflector on the recoil side.

Bg delete on a ms362 is a no go without machine work. Muff mod is the simplest/easiest gain.


Steven

 

[deye223]

If when you say longer bar you mean a 25 inch bar muff mod and timing advance isn't going to cut it you gonna need it ported .

 

[66Fleetside]

If when you say longer bar you mean a 25 inch bar muff mod and timing advance isn't going to cut it you gonna need it ported .

That was just some general commentary on the saw “as it is” meeting my needs. I don’t plan to pull a 25” bar or really NEED it to do anything it doesn’t do already.

If I ever really NEED more saw, I’ll probably just buy a bigger saw. In the meantime, if there are incremental gains to be had...I’ll do that just for fun.

 

[hseII]

That was just some general commentary on the saw “as it is” meeting my needs. I don’t plan to pull a 25” bar or really NEED it to do anything it doesn’t do already.

If I ever really NEED more saw, I’ll probably just buy a bigger saw. In the meantime, if there are incremental gains to be had...I’ll do that just for fun.

Get it ported by the guys here or a muffler mod is about all you can do with that one.


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[rogue60]

Open up the pee hole stock outlet I had to cut the limiters being the carb model to tune after opening the outlet not that you will have to worry about that being m-tronic. Other than that sharp chain.
It's your saw do whatever mods you want or get it ported nothing wrong with that. Guys here will probably have you talked into a ported ms500 come end of week lol

 

[pwheel]

Perhaps the advantage of a 60cc saw running a 20 bar compared to a 70cc saw is lighter weight and better fuel economy. If it were me, I wouldn't trade fuel economy for the modest performance gains of a MM. OTOH, the logger working next door had high praise for a fully-modded 562xp which he was using on the landing. Also a fully-modded 036 that a tree service was using as a bucket saw. Seriously loud, angry tools. I'd say go full porting for fun or run it stock.