In reply to HotNotch :
I definetly love to port them and hop em up. I have lots of old ones that I cherish. We race em thru logs and the yearly event Sawfest is held nearby. I have and build the worlds fastest Poulan Strato 42cc saws here in my shop.
In reply to HotNotch :
I appreciate that advice! Those Poulans seem to be plentiful in my area too. And that old school green looks pretty good...
Chainsultan38 said:In reply to HotNotch :
I definetly love to port them and hop em up. I have lots of old ones that I cherish. We race em thru logs and the yearly event Sawfest is held nearby. I have and build the worlds fastest Poulan Strato 42cc saws here in my shop.
Mind sharing details? I've worked on / ran 2 of the strato saws. One is bone stock and very picky on carb tune. The other I muffler modded and it runs quite a bit better.
budget_bandit said:In reply to HotNotch :
I appreciate that advice! Those Poulans seem to be plentiful in my area too. And that old school green looks pretty good...
I'll bring up one other option of a clone
I will warn you that I have no first hand experience with this saw - just watched a lot of Youtube and read up on them.
The Neotech NH843 is a clone of the Husqvarna 543XP / Redmax GZ4350. The OEM saws are mag case, 43cc, strato port.
Neotech's Clone is identical, except they don't cut out the gasket for the stratoport behind the intake plate. Supposedly as a way to get around copyright laws.
The gasket can be trimmed and supposedly they run quite a bit better.
Now, the consensus is that they may not be as high of a build quality as a more mainstream clone saw (372XP, MS660, etc)
But, at $130 new on Amazon, might be interesting to you. Just do your own research.
https://www.amazon.com/NEOTEC-Chainsaw-Gasoline-Chainsaws-Firewood/dp/B0DMS717XD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=36HYDFZ9ECNCU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.l7ESKXOwfMm5dgCR2Tgvb_eNgkJsIyKBgW4kKaKI-7OkwwWezk2eEhMICFiagwAILETktbTS_9N-S3ZbvUT1sg.OLwNXN9OfU5SxKlmzcHutCGT5KzKNloQNe0ZYEYkXPg&dib_tag=se&keywords=nh843&qid=1736522633&sprefix=nh843%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-3
https://youtu.be/FaeNEKVX50A?si=zezUDDXp0_rOV5Iz
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