Almost pulling time.....come on already!!!!
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Topic: Almost pulling time.....come on already!!!!
Posted By: deereequipment1
Subject: Almost pulling time.....come on already!!!!
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 6:10am
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Almost pulling time.....come on already!!!! Man! It took months
to design and build, but I finally built a V-8 within the casting of the stock
straight 4 cylinder. ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
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Posted By: JayIN
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 6:39am
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Whaaaaaat? Need more info and pics! ------------- sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?" |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 6:46am
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It would be interesting to see this engine, can you post pictures or is this a Top-Secret project??
V8 morph into 4CYL engine, must see, please
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Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 7:33am
Chris, that is a pair of 45 engines end to end, I've seen it in person, a nice piece of engineering. |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 7:45am
| OK, I was confused by the first post! Is there a class for that machine? |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 7:51am
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That ain't a V-8. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 9:20am
| would the 6 banger i gots in my wd45 qualify? |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2012 at 9:35am
| Tractor pullers make a class for everything !!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:04am
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Ok, i've got to try to get a photo pasted here ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:37am
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I can't give away too many of my secrets yet. I think some of my competition reads on this forum. Its the exact same outside casting as the 226 45 block. The insides are totally different. A couple of "true" Allis guys have been by to look the tractor over, and when I asked them if they could tell me what I did to the engine, they couldn't tell the "real" change. One guessed that I switched things over to Electronic Ignition. Well, yes, that had happened too, so I told him, yup, that's it. The distributor has a special high output coil, and each spark plug wire is split at the spark plug end, to maintain it's OEM 4 cylinder appearance. There are these avaiation splitters that delay the ohms a split second, to delay the spark timing on the opposite side of the block. Looking at the block, you can't tell that it is now a V-8. That was the whole idea with this project. The boring and degree work took quite a while to get right, but with the help of two BS engineers, it runs smooth, and has held oil pressure (and together) for 26 hours so far. We haven't put it under a working load yet, all except for the dyno. Rather than the stock 45 hp, we dyno'd it at 110 hp. Definitely had to convert it over to 12 volt, because the compression is SUPER tight. We also fabricated a 1" adapter plate, to bolt to the oil pan to lower it a bit, but not to make it obvious. This gave us teh needed clearance on the inside for rotations, and for the specially designed oil pump. We had to tweek the muffler (ALOT) to try to hide the different sound. The only thing that isn't working, and is just there for looks, is the updraft carburetor. The 2 barrel unit is up under the hood, behind the air cleaner (out of sight, out of mind). The only thing that we are having trouble with, is keeping the RPMs down to what the stock block/engine should have. ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: Gary in da UP
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:47am
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Loof lirpa, to you too. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:53am
| Interesting. You'll be pulling in a class by yourself it sounds like. Any Antique club that has a good tech inspector will determine something is up by the different exhaust sound and the 1inch thick girdle plate, let alone the fact the carb doesn't do anything and the governor doesn't work. Better keep corn picker side shields on it to hide things. Sounds like quite a project and hope it stays in one piece for you. The HP of 110 has been met many times by other Antique Pullers that have bored and stroked to 400 cubes or more with 4 cylinders. |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:55am
| Can't wait to see pictures of this engine, please post. |
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 8:22am
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yes, but this is just the start. carburetor upgrades, room for larger sleeves, cam work, head work, Are ALL still in the plans, once all is tested. ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 8:35am
| With a three inch bore on eight cylinders and stock 4 1/2 inch stroke that figures 254 cubes, right?? |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 9:11am
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cam shaft changed head changed to i would think must not be running weater in it. ------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 4:34pm
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Well, like Gary in da UP said...... It IS April Fools day. ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2012 at 7:35pm
| Yup April 1 st - fools day |
Posted By: Rod B
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2012 at 11:47am
| now you can go pull in fantisy land with pankey. |