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Re: Getting more power from a distilate Super M
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Posted by john d on September 30, 1999 at 17:56:01 from (206.141.74.34):
In Reply to: Getting more power from a distilate Super M posted by Joe Berendzen on September 30, 1999 at 13:28:36:
The small tank would indicate a distillate engine. The head would likely be a lower compression head than used on a gasoline engine. Increasing compression ratio should increase power. Bear in mind, however, that a tractor of this age may have been overhauled in the past with precisely that purpose in mind. 30 - 40 years ago you could easily buy sleeve and piston sets in combinations which would push the compression ratio up on a distillate engine to levels which were comparable to a gasoline engine. We did this on a '43 H which was built for distillate fuel. Check to see what pistons may have been installed before investing in a new head. IH, M&W, and some other companies made sleeve and piston sets that could bump up the ratios to about the limit of what the engine could stand for serious field work.
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