357 xp dead? or fixable

[spudulike]

What I was getting at Spud was this kit here does both the 357 and 359

HUSQVARNA 359 357XP CYLINDER AND PISTON ASSEMBLY 47MM WITH GASKETS & BEARING NEW | eBay

Its probably crap and I will take your advice and go for the meteor barrel/piston set but wondered if the bigger 47mm bore is a worthwhile gain.

 

Bob

 

I had a 357 in recently for porting as it was a bit boggy. A quick inspection showed an aftermarket P&C, the transfers were tiny, the lowers completely different from the original 357 and the piston fit was poor with 150psi compression.

 

The meteor kit was a much better fit, had close to OEM transfer design and when ported, was keeping up with a 560XP so base my judgements on that.

 

I find OEM and Meteor kit has a much tighter tolerance on piston to bore fit and therefore gives higher compression and more torque - Personally I would go with the better quality kit rather than cheaper bigger bore Chinese kits!