POULAN The Official Poulan Thread

[S Sidwell]

Finally got me a Swedish Poulan. It's a 415 with a 505 top end, so I guess it's pretty much a 505. Runs really strong, it's a torquey bastard kinda reminds me of a 288xp I love it. View attachment 78375

Is that a Jon Red Poulan? Looks nice.

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[dieselfitter]

Partner design, same as Jred 2083

 

[astnmacgto]

Lean?

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Nope, any fatter and it won't idle for more than 30 seconds before it dies from loading up. Starts great cold, it revs fast, it just doesn't have very good manners, it has two finger ports that I cut on the intake side to push the exhaust out the front of the cylinder.

I thought It was lean too and just acting weird cause of the tiny a** carb and boot cause I was having tons of trouble getting it dialed in. So I tore it down again and ordered bigger boot and modded the larger bore hdb carb. It has better manners now as far as tune and everything else, but once it's hot you have to put the throttle lock on and it will fire first pull, if not it will fire and die about 4 times before it will stay idling.

It's all sealed up new crank seals and Yama bond on the jug and head and it's sealed up tight. Just got to work a few bugs out I guess.

 

[astnmacgto]

This project is worthy of it's own thread. Thanks for sharing. Cool project.

I learned a lot during this build for sure.

Here are some pics of the process.
Mocked up the 3400 clutch, direct fit btw
Clearanced the clutch cover to fit larger clutch.

Mock cylinder cut down to test fitment
Head halfway done

On the wheel

 

[S Sidwell]

Sounds like you need a two carbs, one for low speed and the other for wot,

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[S Sidwell]

How does it do fully warmed up and at wot in a cut?

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[astnmacgto]

Head bolted down and fit checked
Had to open up the cover to fit the spark plug and two head bolts, the elongated holes were because of the original hand guard bolts were there
Hand guard relocated forward, more room for hands lol
See the head through the window as well as finished clutch.

 

[astnmacgto]

Pics of muffler mods and finished saw again.

 

[S Sidwell]

Need a Nos tank.

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[astnmacgto]

How does it do fully warmed up and at wot in a cut?

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Runs like a champ, no issues so far

Need a Nos tank.

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What for?

 

[astnmacgto]

Maybe if I was any good at porting it would run better. But that's the reason I built this model, you can find them literally anywhere for cheap. I have seven of this series, all in various states of modification research

 

[dieselfitter]

See the head through the window as well as finished clutch.View attachment 78414

Did you say that is a 3400 clutch?

 

[astnmacgto]

Did you say that is a 3400 clutch?

Yes sir, and I made the window on the clutch cover bigger than it really needed to be, I just wanted plenty of room, the 3400 clutch is standard spline instead of small spline, way more options....

 

[S Sidwell]

Yep, that's a 3400 clutch.

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[S Sidwell]

Runs like a champ, no issues so far



What for?

More power, with nitro mix.

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[S Sidwell]

Bet that saw would scream with that much compression.

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[astnmacgto]

More power, with nitro mix.

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At some point I will start experimenting with alcohol

 

[dieselfitter]

Maybe if I was any good at porting it would run better. But that's the reason I built this model, you can find them literally anywhere for cheap. I have seven of this series, all in various states of modification research

Yep, severely under rated and under valued.

 

[S Sidwell]

30 0/0 model airplane fuel.

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[astnmacgto]

Yep, severely under rated and under valued.

They are a fine running saw stock, and pro construction, only Poulan series I truly care for