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Re: Re: Re: V-8 in Farmall M. How?
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Posted by john d. on July 30, 1999 at 16:12:53 from (206.141.74.34):
In Reply to: Re: Re: V-8 in Farmall M. How? posted by Super M Dale on July 30, 1999 at 12:04:17:
This subject came up in a series of posts several months (maybe a year or so) ago. Yes, the power can be GREATLY increased. The M left the factory with a rating somewhere in the mid-30hp range. By putting in oversize (thin-wall) sleeves and matching high-compression pistons, dramatic power increases resulted. I've got a '49 M that has oversize M&W sleeves and pistons, a very sensitive after-market Thompson governor, and the upper rpm range set at about 2100 or so. It dyno tested at a local IH dealership a few years ago at 52hp. It is VERY eager under load. I'm told that a long-stroke crankshaft can be put in these beasties and push the hp limits into the upper 60 to low 70 range and still render them useable for farm work. I have no personal experience with one of these setups. I would have serious doubts as to the life expectancy of the transmission under those circumstances!
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