Another Turbo Question....

Absent Minded Farmer · Jul 7, 2011

How long would you guys think it would take, with a forced induction engine, to twist the PTO into a torsion spring, put a second hole in the bottom of my rear frame casting (oh.... wait third hole, I forgot the drain plug) & require a set of false teeth for the belt drive? T/A hamburger, anyone? Yes, seriously. If I am to make this an eventual project, I'd like to knows the woes, please, before I break my HotRod 400. Maybe I'm not giving the engineers & metallurgists at IH enough credit for their efforts? I should mention that I do not want to use the 400, with it's new-fangled & hi-powered accoutrements, for anything more than what it's rated for i.e. I know it's not a 1206.

Thanks,
Mike

rustyfarmall · Jul 7, 2011

(quoted from post at 10:45:49 07/07/11) How long would you guys think it would take, with a forced induction engine, to twist the PTO into a torsion spring, put a second hole in the bottom of my rear frame casting (oh.... wait third hole, I forgot the drain plug) & require a set of false teeth for the belt drive? T/A hamburger, anyone? Yes, seriously. If I am to make this an eventual project, I'd like to knows the woes, please, before I break my HotRod 400. Maybe I'm not giving the engineers & metallurgists at IH enough credit for their efforts? I should mention that I do not want to use the 400, with it's new-fangled & hi-powered accoutrements, for anything more than what it's rated for i.e. I know it's not a 1206.

Thanks,
Mike

My opinion is that you can modify that engine as much as your bank account will stand for, but so long as you don't put that horsepower to the ground, or transfer it through a PTO shaft, nothing out of the ordinary is going to happen. If you stop and think about it, any given engine, no matter how large or how small, will produce only enough horsepower to get the job done.

1468 Chris · Jul 7, 2011

My Super M has a Keystone turbo setup on it and im making 98 horse at 540 PTO RPM. I have done other wrok to get that kind of power but it has all been external work. Everthing inside the motor is what was put in at the factory. I have videos on Youtube of it pulling. farmerboy2003 is what there under if you wanna see for yourself.

sflem849 · Jul 7, 2011

You'll be alright. You should NEVER twist a power shaft. There is a reason shear pins/bolts are in the system. Your weakest link would probably be your rear end, but you'll be alright there for quite a while.
Look at the South Central Wisconsin Tractor Pullers gas class. There are TONS of Ms in the class putting out 100+ hp and I haven't heard of any major problems.

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