Heart Patient d17 (226 to 426 aka 3500 MKII)

whats the difference in ratio between high and low from a d17 to a 180 or 200 i thought ab using the power director gears from a newer tractor in mine so there wasnt such a drastic drop in speed when u drop it in low. our 200 seems like it dont drop as much speed.

Bob C IL wrote: When its all said and done just remember::: THE DAMN THING AINT STORE BOUGHT AND I DID IT MY WAY!!!!!!!!  keep up the good work....

Thanks Bob!!!

I finally got a grill and some torque tube side sheilds. Had to mod the panels to make them fit the 180 tube. They are not the greatest but for 20 bucks for both i couldnt go wrong.

Well scratch the idea of the crank and blocks. The silly SOB's are paying way to much. Grrrrrrr.....

Well not much going on yet. But i did get the bushings made for the front axle, now just to mount it up. Then i stole a hood off our series 4 d17 gas and put it on just to see what it would look like with the 426 in there. lol



Also we are bidding on 4-426's at a online auction. One of them is the counterweight crankshaft one. So im hoping we can get it. Plus get a better block than this one. This one is junk in the lower sleeve bores. It would need to be resleeved and that 60-70 bucks a hole.

Edited by peterson - 29 Jan 2013 at 6:59am

Well i hate sitting in the house instead of working on the d17, so i worked on the axle. Plus got afew things too.

The oil filter...


Front axle made.

I will be putting some bridging under it to heavy it up some.
Rack and pinion.

And kind of a little mock-up.

The spindles are off a old wagon the was laying around here, so it gave up its spindles.

waiting for more pics looks great so far  realy appreciate the time you take to put them up for the rest of use to see Jess

Looking good so far

Well im doin a little change to the setup. It will be Stock D17 diesel length, but 180 frame rail width. Goin to run the rad. under the grill/weight bracket. Using a electric fan. Going to solid mount the front axle with rack and pinion steering. Havent got any pics at this time but will later.

Well I got the injection pump and injectors. 320cc worth of pump and 4x18 injectors. And goin to pick up a set of hardened,cryo, balanced rods with New ARP bolts. MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Im really enjoying this   i hope to see some videos

The 180 gears are all rounded off. And to buy a set or gears would be as much as a different rear. I will just call up heitmans and he can hook me up with a good rear if need be. The d17 trans will hold more that what I will have for power. Plus it would be easy to swap in a different rear anyway. Dont worry yourself over how I want to build MY tractor!

Yeah i didnt go, i wish i would have but farm work comes first.

Thanks!

Also took the tranny input to the machine shop to be shortened and have a speedy sleave on it for the seals.
Then i priced a new shaft bearing, well lets just say i will stick with the old one. Its $211 Bucks!!!!

Also I live in a little town north of Medford. So i will be wanting to pull at the local pulls around here. Like Jump River, Colby (which is a black top pull) lol i will be pulling in a lower gear.

Edited by peterson - 10 Dec 2012 at 5:44pm

The adapter plate was pretty easy. it is the old 7040 plate just machined to fit the 180 bell.
Also i do know of a few tractors, a buddy of mine has a old Super stock tractor that pulled with the stock clutch shaft. And that tractor was thought to be bout 2000 HP back in the day.

Im goin to see how the finals hold up. and if they dont i will either have the stock gears and shafts cryo treated and try that. Then if that dont work i will just find me a 180-185 rearend and tranny and swap it in.

Now for sheet metal, I will be using stock d17 side panels that i will peice a section into. But its not set in stone. I will figure it out when i get that far.

Now for what class, most of the pulls i got to are just run what ya brought. But otherwise id just have to pull in the open class or super stock. Im hoping to have it around 5500 pounds. Then maybe up to 7500. I will be running a set of 18.4x26's from the front of our 8050.

With the smaller size of tire it will put less stress on everything.

For this year i just want to get it running. I wont be able to get a steel flywheel, so i will only be running maybe 2800 rpms. But it will be getting a 320cc roosamaster with 4x18 injectors with a hx52 holset turbo. Im doin some trading for the pump and injectors. Im pullin the hx52 off my dodge.

Your only gonna tear it up if the rubber bites and stops spinning.  If you think  any of those multi turbo/multi engine tractors actually have enough behind the flywheel to hold the power, you are smoking your socks.  Stick one of those things to the ground and watch the pieces fly.  Tractor pulling is about 2 things, making power and fixing the first thing that breaks.  Mr Peterson is man enough to share his build and I appreciate that.  If I had the funds, I'd be right with him doing something different with some orange.  I'm curious about one thing, though.  What class you gonna pull in and where can we see it in person?