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Solo 665 performance/review thread

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by DexterDay, Jul 17, 2014.

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  1. HoneyFuzz

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    Im interested in the Forester Dex :).
     
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    Last one.. To show some of the work done today. I got quite a bit cut up. Went through just over 2 tanks on the 665 and about a half on 441C-M.

    :thumbs:

    More pics of what I took down and cut up later. It takes to long to upload from here.

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    Consider it yours bud.
     
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    I am just passing something along from a very good friend who is a long time pro-cutter. The performance loss between the 440 and 441 drove him away from Stihl to Husqvarna, that very performance loss in the 441 is what prompted Stihl to reintroduce the 440 for a short time.
     
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    Wow Dex that is a beautiful place!!! 4hours isnt that bad, my farm is 3 hours away and we try to make it 6-10x a year.

    Do phones like we have even run on 1x?? Thought they all had to be 3/4g to even use the net?

    I have sprint service so there is about no signal at my farm. A certain window with the phone propped in it will allow me to text and sometimes load a page or two.
     
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  6. HoneyFuzz

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    Dude ! No kidding ? Sweeeet..thanks !!!! :)
     
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    Very nice ! Wish I was up there testin out that Solo with ya buddy !!!
     
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    Yep. No kidding. You've done good by me. It's now my turn.
     
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    I thought you were a killians guy! 20140720_181452.jpg
     
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    Have fun dex. I need to be doing what your doing. Solo looks great. I'm gonna have one one day.
     
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    Hang in there Cory, I'll have one around for you!
     
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    How does the wt. of the 665 compare to the wt. of the 441? The 665 looks good with the Forester bar on it.
     
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    Please do post the reason to go ahead get a 7900/681 instead!:p:smoke::cheers:
     
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    A lot of the lost performance and the mushy AV feel was rectified with the change to the 441C-M. I've been in both now and there are subtle differences, and my C-M ran way better than a OE 441 stock for stock.
     
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    I can't wait for more videos of these. They do sound good.
     
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    I was trying to get some 681 C/P kits out of Germany but they were stupid expensive and were estimated to be delivered in 5 months!
     
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    My preference would be a 665 with the 681 C/P since the 665 already has the stroked crank, so less work to convert. Failing that you could use a 665 with an OEM 7900 C/P but you need to use a 1.5mm spacer under the 7900 jug to compensate for the longer stroke.
     
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    Chvyman maybe its my phone not liking the photo bucket site but when I click your video all I see is a blank grey screen in photo bucket with your name and asking me to sign in. If I pull the page down a bit there is a frosted flakes commercial video I can watch?? I can see the pics on the forums or on the pb site using chrome browser.
     
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    Isn't there a photobucket app for android?
     
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    There may be some differences in sound that come from a combination of 47mm bore, 38mm stroke combined with the quad closed port cylinder. The muffler is not a cat and I believe is really just a 7900 muffler where the Dolmar counterpart is a cat.
     
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