Ok I have finally gotten back to the project tractor. If you have read my previous posts (B5200 Project tractor), I have been promising a turbo addition. No I really didn't need the power. It has guts enough. But what's a guy to do with his spare time during the winter. So here's what we have. The turbo is the smallest turbo you can buy. I got mine off of ebay. It's a KKK kp31 off of a smart car (diesel). I had to machine the manifold assembly off the turbo because it comes as one piece. I then built the header off of the manifold to the turbo. I had some flanges water jetted to fit onto the factory manifold. That way I can take the turbo off easly if needs be. The turbo fits nicely under the hood and the tail pipe snakes its way out from under the hood just forward of were the factory muffler would have been. Minimal cutting. I plumbed in oil feed lines off the oil sensor port, and dumped the exit oil back into the valve cover. Take a look at the pics. There will be more to come as I try to make it look more professional. The tractor makes just under 10 psi of boost under load and 2500 RPM. I dont have my pyromoter so Im not sure how hot were running yet. No load boost is 7 to 8 psi. It's amazing how much air this little turbo will move. I am running a straight pipe right now. The tractor runs pretty quiet for not having a muffler. Probably as quiet as with the muffler on it. But now it has that way cool turbo whine. Tell me what you think of the project so far.
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