To be quite honest I work in Medicine but have a hobby/side gig of rebuilding and usually upgrading manual and auto transmissions and motors. My eldest son and I raced motocross for about 3 years with him on 2 strokes due to his age and size and me on a 4 stroke. Got hurt quite a bit so we took a 3 year beating and moved on. Always woke up any 2 stroke to simply open the intake with something more breathable, and on a dirtbike reed valve upgrades neccessary too on intake side but, also opening the exhaust really made them rip in combination. I didn't think to carry this over to a saw/smaller 2 stroke engine but did so on a nearly new ms362cm and it was AMAZING how the 3.0 Mtronic carb just tuned itself like I would the air/fuel and idle screws. After air/fuel/reed/idle adjustments some bikes would still need larger jetting diameters for pilot/mid/top end to boot. This saw in contrast (3.0 versiom ms362cm 25") was SUPER EASY and 20 seconds into the full throttle "relearning" procedure the saw just ripped like a well tuned yz65/85/125/250. Seems like the same principles apply and the saw LOVES it and didn't give any indication of wanting richer jetting!! Runs cooler and I think I feel more torque than anything but in terms of hp it may be close to 1hp gain. I didn't use impact guns or even ratcheting wrenches/socket drivers on this thing cause I felt like everything was too small to apply much more than hand pressure. T10 on the smaller intake bolts and then a T27 for the muffler/exhaust bolts. Egan exhaust flows WAY better but in certain situations could let rain/water into the saw if it was left out NOT running in the rain (only negative I would have to even say). Don't know who likes to leave nice saws out to be rained on but this exhaust isn't nearly as covered as stock so I'd be more reminded to bring it back in the shed/garage with any exhaust like this (theres this one and the other two available, all with same issue of simply having a more open exhaust port at an angle that rain can intrude into given the correct unfortunate circumstance). Tried to be honest in this review and point out the only "negative but obvious and nearly unavoidable flaw" in the exhaust. Bottom line would be to just buy this intake and exhaust, smile really big when you see what the pair does, and then don't be an idiot and leave your nice saw in the rain for hours anywhere.
EPS Air Filter Kit (Stihl 261)
Really dug into tree. Perfect pivot point. Pretty sure the aggressive ar500 steel added HP
Jason and his team are excellent to do business with. Super fast shipping and even received a refund. Extremely honest and good people. I would recommend anyone to do business with Jason
Product is amazing
EPS was excellent to do business with. They put out a very nice product, fast shipping, excellent fit on my saw, and a noticeable boost to performance, plus it sounds real good. Thank you EPS!
EPS Straight Shot Deflector Extension
Great communication!
The welds are beautiful and it fit perfect. It turned my saw into a mean machine. Excellent product
Great mounting kit for any aftermarket or oem felling dogs I like that they are the same as the rest of the stihl hardware will definitely be buying more products
EPS Exhaust Pipe - Stihl 261
Ordered several products from egan performance including the straight shot exhaust, the shipping was quick, the service was excellent and the products are second to none. Will be ordering more in the future as needed! Jason and Kara run the kind of business you want to do business with!
The spikes fit on the echo cs2511t perfectly. Made a good improvement to the saw. They can bog it if you push it to hard, but now it feels like a saw should.
Paired well with the pipe, filter was oiled but I did add some just to be safe. You need a thin walled 8mm socket ( which Jason told me well after normal business hours when I messaged him) easy install, looking forward to see how it does in the future.
Easy install, looks good & sounds even better. It is loud but the performance gains are well worth it.