[AT] Juicin it Up

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Mon Dec 5 16:47:59 PST 2005


Ken
I could probably find you a propane head for your D.  I think my buddy in 
the next town has some old D cases around..  Here they were mostly 
Propane...  You could use th propane head and pistons and run it on gas..

Cecil in OKla

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken knierim" <wild1 at cpe-66-1-196-61.az.sprintbbd.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Juicin it Up


> On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 08:58, Easley, Greg wrote:
>> 135hp is easy to get out of a MM 283 crankcase.  80-100 is attainable
>> just by dropping in
>> a 403 crankshaft and putting on a set of decent heads.  There are
>> antique pullers out there
>> with close to 700cid on top of the 283 case.  The LA Case crankcase has
>> been built to 1100cid.
>> Takes lots of $$$ to get that big...
>>
>> Greg
>> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/woods/1416
>
>
> Ok, I have some questions for the tractor "hot rodders"...
>  I've got a number of Case D's and I've often wondered what kinds of
> horsepower increases (and/or better fuel economy) I could get if I
> bumped up the compression on them. Also, what options does a person have
> for something like this? Where does a person get pistons and sleeves and
> a higher compression head? I thought I saw some piston kits awhile back
> on Steiners' but memory has faded on it.
>
> I have one that has a distillate setup on it, and I know the compression
> ratio isn't very high. If I put a higher compression head on it (like
> say a propane head, if I could find one someplace) I would also like to
> get a starter for it. This tractor is a 1940 DH (seems they changed the
> ring gear and starter in about 1940 or 1941; it's different than the
> 1951 DI I have) and probably has the 3 7/8" pistons instead of the later
> 4" ones but I'm sure it would be a handful to crank if I bumped up the
> compression.
>
> I haven't seen much in the way of modified tractors at the antique pulls
> here... maybe there are (of course we see the JD's with the big exhaust
> and a lot of bark and know they're not stock) but I'm not that familiar
> with it nor do I know anyone that's doing that kind of thing. It's just
> a budding interest for now. I'm still looking for tires for much of the
> fleet too. :)
>
> Ken
>
> central AZ
>
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