Has anyone TURBOED an AC 180?

If you don't mind cutting a different exhaust hole in the hood, you can use everything from a 190XT or a 200. If you want to use the original hood hole, get the exhaust manifold and turbo from a 190XT or 200 and mount the turbo backwards. Then you'll have to make oil lines and other air plumbing which isn't hard if you're good with a wrench/torch/welder/drill.

I'm not much of an expert, but I'd be worried about the cooling system handling the extra power.  Of course, if it's only for momentary use, it shouldn't be a problem, but if you want extra power through the PTO for a pretty good duty cycle, you could run into problems.

Hurst

Did the late 180/185 use the same fan and 2 belt pulleys as the 200 or were they the same as a 190? 200 system would help the cooling.

set the fuel system up as if it were a 190XT. I could help out with that if needed.

You may look at a 170/175 rearend/final drives/axles from the outside and think it's the same as a 180/185 and I can assure you they are not, in fact other than the brakes, very little to nothing is the same including the rearend case itself.

A 180 pump is basically the same as a 190 pump, minor parts differences, and settings. If it hasn't been rebuilt recently, then it sure wouldn't hurt to freshen it up, and then changes can be made to perform like you desire. If you buy a 190 pump used, then it too will likely need attention. Ed.

Was that an Allis-Chalmers kit or after market?

Edited by nsula_country - 08 Aug 2011 at 8:52am

Good info on the nozzle tips. I will definatly look into that as well. Sounds like I need to find someone parting out a 190XT or 200. I do not think it would be cost effective to buy all this new.

That was a kit that the dealership made up.

if you hook i tto the ground you will slip the power director if you crank it too much

I would really like to tackle putting a turbo on my 180 exactly how hard is it and what would I need to get

Edited by feuchter - 27 Feb 2017 at 5:00pm

neighbor had a 180 chore tractor with loader and rear bale forks he fed hay every day with.They turboed it after a few years and claimed it made it stingy on fuel.The old man probably never got over half throttle with it.

DSeries4 wrote: Read everything above.

So I'm to assume that I can bolt on a 190 manifold and turbo and figure out where lines go and I'll have a turbo 180.... I believe it to be more complicated than that

This is the bottom line,  the 2800 engine was set at this hp because it was about as high a naturally aspirated state as would live at about 80 engine hp. You can add a turbo and it will add almost no hp unless you have had the pump output increased or you do increase it.  As the hp goes up, so does the heat.  The larger nozzels, increased output will increase the heat that has to be dissipated.  The units that had cabs installed had a 6 blade aluminum fan to increase the air flow thus helping this issue. Above about 95 hp on a hot day you are going to be straining the limits of cooling.  The oil temp will also be increased as it passes thru the approx 1000 degree turbo bearing and turbine shaft assy and picks up this temp.  The 190xt had an oil cooler that took heat from the oil and put it in the water to dissipate. The 200 came out with pistons that had .030 smaller piston tops above the top ring to prevent piston gaulding.  The other engines of this family all had cooling devices added such as intercoolers for the air that all required larger radiators for the necessary thermal rejection of the heat produced.  Keep this in mind. We have several engines on the farm producing much more hp than standard and on pto work can survive at this hp level. If we weighted and used all the hp in traction we would bring on transmission issues, which we don't.  Use the brain the good lord giveth and you can have a lot of fun playing outside the box...  

When I purchased our 185 in 2003 it was equipped with a turbo. 2009 we installed a new Allis engine kit and the tractor tested out at 91 PTO hp on the 1000 shaft. This is our choir tractor and it runs a sucker blower, grain augers, moves wagons and grades the driveway.