372xp big bore kit..do i or dont i.

[wisecobandit]

So bored sitting at home kicking my heals due to the recent op, that in a moment of madness I decided to buy a 372 bb kit for my 365 special.

Question is im already thinking about diving in when it turns up and porting it up fairly serious before even fitting it....

[Stubby]

So bored sitting at home kicking my heals due to the recent op, that in a moment of madness I decided to buy a 372 bb kit for my 365 special.

Question is im already thinking about diving in when it turns up and porting it up fairly serious before even fitting it....

 

Worth doing if YOU know what you are doing . easy to get it wrong though ! If you are not sure send it to spud . He did my 372 and it made no end of difference .

[wyk]

So bored sitting at home kicking my heals due to the recent op, that in a moment of madness I decided to buy a 372 bb kit for my 365 special.

Question is im already thinking about diving in when it turns up and porting it up fairly serious before even fitting it....

 

Go bananas:

 

[wisecobandit]

Worth doing if YOU know what you are doing . easy to get it wrong though ! If you are not sure send it to spud . He did my 372 and it made no end of difference .

Ive done a few in my time and ive plenty of time to spend given im not working for a while, I done a 357xp yesterday and got the tools etc. If that wasn't the case or I was busy I would send it to spud as you say.

[wisecobandit]

Go bananas:

 

 

Im certainly considering more hot than not lol.

Debating going with a stihl piston tho and windowing it etc.

[spudulike]

Im certainly considering more hot than not lol.

Debating going with a stihl piston tho and windowing it etc.

 

Nice bit of porting on Wyks pic, would stick to the standard piston, the factory squish allows the base gasket to be dropped or you can machine a pop up to increase the compression if you have or know someone with a lathe

[wyk]

That's a bud's porting in Australia. I've only ported one saw so much, and it was a lil saw. I like to be a bit more subtle with my work saws. Anywho - here's what that exact jug can do when you put it in a 365 chassis:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB5kx0TWzxE]372XP big bore ported 32" bar hardwood - YouTube[/ame]

 

That looks like 'stringy bark' - a type of eucalyptus?

 

I put a mildly ported BB it on top of a 365 once without raising the transfers and I got enough torque to pull a 28" bar buried in hardwoods easily. I am gonna run an 8 pin and a 20-24" bar with my most recent attempt... if I ever get that 365 chassis form England. Prolly a month or two away. Mebbe we can do a get together?

Edited August 7, 2013 by wyk

[wisecobandit]

That's one of timberwolfs saws isn't it Wyk? I believe that's on a Chinese husky copy saw?

 

Well its turned up and within an hour I started grinding. TBH it looked a decent kit in the first place and porting etc was half decent. (its a hyway kit which has been getting good reviews)

Ive not done much with the transfer other than to add a bit of sweep towards the inlet port.

[wisecobandit]

Nice bit of porting on Wyks pic, would stick to the standard piston, the factory squish allows the base gasket to be dropped or you can machine a pop up to increase the compression if you have or know someone with a lathe

 

Its a bb kit spud so not the standard piston. Will check squish when I fit it although I was hoping to get a timed cut on the oe 365 and get back to the same log and do a comparison altho being a bit of a cripple in the fact I still cant stand up straight, have a numb groin still and not meant to lift more than 1 kg it may get bolted on before I get chance to do a before and after test.

[wyk]

The HyWays are sposed to be a bit more aggressive than stock timing, anyways.

 

The vid is Al How in Australia. Ya know him as Aussie1. I think I have a HyWay here as well. Lemme get some of the stock photos of it I took before porting..sec

 

 

Look familiar? I have it mildly ported now, but was considering just going freakin nuts with it since I rarely use my own saw in work and am about to get either an Echo 500P or Husky 550(and just do a simple MM to it and use it for work).