Posted by The tractor vet on February 03, 2014 at 19:52:30 from (75.19.125.103):
In Reply to: Farm all M posted by Justin Lewis on February 03, 2014 at 17:41:47:
Shoe string budget , and ya want to pull. Horse power costs money , don't care how ya cut it it costs money . So even if you can squeak out two grand it still may not be enough . But the best way is to (1) find a 450 block , (2) get a 450 cam and have it rebuilt and blue printed (3) add a 450 gas head , yes i said a gas head ,(4) get a set of 8500 ft. alt. pistons , Get a set of 450 rods and not just add the step up bushing to your M rods . Use a dist out of a 450 gas or if you can find and old fart like me that can recurve your M dist that would be fine rebuild your gov. and have all the rotating parts balanced . Will it be the top dog probably not but it will run a lot better and get you down the track a lot further . What your after is and engine that will come down a little and set in and pull her guts out . Myself i do not know enough about LP and i can get more pony power out of gas . We had one guy around here that tried for a couple years running propane , when he hooked to the sled people use to back away as ya never knew what was going to come unglued . The day he blew the intake was something to remember along with the fire .
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