how to get more power out of my wd
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Topic: how to get more power out of my wd
Posted By: fordf350dually
Subject: how to get more power out of my wd
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 12:52pm
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ok guys i got a 1950? wd and ive had it apart 3 times. first too paint. second to fix the main seal and once for a clutch. (my fault had it adjusted wrong..dumb teenagers) anyway i wanna make this thing pull like a like a mad mother in law. im planning on 13.6 x 38s and getting the cam reground to 175 specs. if u no what those specs are please let me no. i wanna put a 175 manifold on it as well as a 175 gov spring and weights and do amuch bigger carb on it. and a secondary trans for 16 speeds. anything else i should do. anyone no where i can get a 5in stroke cam. any advice at all would be great. thank you
Dan
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Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 1:15pm
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about all the reground camshafts are 175 grinds . I would add another 3/4 to 1 inch more stroke than you suggested in your post . barney taylor has a good cam grind . I just sold my last crankshaft. ------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
Posted By: fordf350dually
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 1:23pm
| any clue wat carb to run and what the crank and cam would cost? |
Posted By: fordf350dually
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 5:09pm
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or am i atleast on the right track |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 7:20pm
| Nope. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 7:35pm
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If you can double the cubic inches of the original engine you can compete with the "antique" tractor pullers around here. 400 cu in might need some more room to breath. Like a fellow said, "If you gottta ask how much, you probably can't afford it." Don't let that stop you from experimenting and keep asking questions. You can have a lot of fun and learn new things every day too. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: fordf350dually
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 10:51am
| Well im have a good job and no expense so i can afford it. i just am trying to move money around to get this project going. does anyone no how to get a hold of this barney taylor fella? |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 11:22am
Yep, same here. simply amazing what these guys are doing to win pulls. I directly go head to head with a Farmall B with a 53hp motor, I beat him once, but the rest of the times he beats my B by 30 feet or more. I need a sign that read "This is a STOCK motor" and put it on my B. ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
CTuckerNWIL wrote:Posted By: Jay IN
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 11:40am
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Barney Taylor--------- 937-368-2447 taylorpulling@hotmail.com this info is kinda old, hope its still good! ------------- sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think--- "who's the idiot that owns this place?" |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 2:42pm
Yep, I know of a couple LP burning Minnie Mo's running 150 dyno HP at original RPM. The cams are ground halfway in to so the rod can clear. The stroke is way longer and the pistons look like 3 pound coffee cans. From the outside, there's no way to tell they've been altered. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 3:31pm
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CTucker: We had a fellow at Remington, In. Bob Gretencord, that was famous for making horse with those old Prairie Gold beasties. He had been a Moline dealer for years and sold a bunch of those double M's to the farmers south of Remington in that black hard pulling cement that they called dirt. Much the same kinda soil as was in Illinois around Paxton, Rantoul, and Hoopeston. Most of the one's that were strong were LP's. No one remembers for sure what he did, but there are a few clues. Blocks generally had different cranks from different motors, the jugs on top usually were replaced, and cylinder heads came from some magic place. I had a G-1000 LP that was one of his and from the factory was a 108 hp tractor. I pulled a 12' chisel plow with it and it would just get louder when I hit tough pulling, without missing a beat, never faltering. I put a new engine in my 1855 Oliver after it broke a camshaft out of a 1955. Dynoed 121 hp. I put that chisel on the 18 cause it had a nicer cab, went to the field dropped it in and immediately dug two holes. When I got a running start and dropped it slowly to keep traction the motor puked, period!!!! Half a morning of hooking up to find out in less than 15 minutes that the "ole minnie" WAS pretty stout. I still wish Bob was alive cause I want to build a WD to plow with! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Chalminator
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 3:52pm
| Nitrous! |
Posted By: fordf350dually
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 4:41pm
| thank you guys. does he do good work? i have seen alot about him on the forum even before i joined. |