Worlds most powerful 1210 Ford FWD?

[rancherogt]

Hi all

I just took my 1210 to my local New Holland dealer to see the results of my handy work and I was very surprised of the horse power I now have in my tractor.

First of all lets set a base line on the power my 1210 should have at the PTO which according to tractordata.com is 13.5 hp at 540 rpms. Not to bad for a 16hp tractor. But I am always looking for more power.

So here is where things gets interesting lets add a IHI RB3 turbocharger to the engine and turn out the smoke screw a little bit and lets set the waste gate on the turbo at 8psi I don't want to lift the cylinder head or bend a connecting rod or brake anything in general.

And here are my the results 25hp at the PTO that a 86% increase in power if I did the math correctly. The staff at the dealership were as surprised as I was when they started the dynamometer test. The little engine kept up until we hit 25hp and she started to fall off power past that point as we added more resistance to the tractor.

I have posted a few pics of the turbo on the tractor. Along with a pic of the dyno sheet I wish my camera could focus a bit better on it.

Jay

 

[carpenter383]

Nice work! Have you tested it yet with a brush hog or anything?

 

[Opti-Mist]

So, now what are your plans for it? Keep it at 25 hp? If so, you might as well start a repair fund as the engine and driveline components weren't designed for such a load. I know, lots of folks find ways to crank up power for a variety of reasons and I've participated in events to try the patience of the manufacturer's reps (just for grins). Bottom line though, things end up breaking.

 

[Ductape]

Thats awesome ! There have been several members here that have added turbos to their tractors...... and one to a Kubota RTV if I remember correctly. You are the first I can recall to have your tractor dynoed afterward though. Nice work..... with the hood shut, it looks mostly stock.

 

[RickB]

At what PTO RPM was the 25 hp observed?

 

[rancherogt]

So, now what are your plans for it? Keep it at 25 hp? If so, you might as well start a repair fund as the engine and driveline components weren't designed for such a load. I know, lots of folks find ways to crank up power for a variety of reasons and I've participated in events to try the patience of the manufacturer's reps (just for grins). Bottom line though, things end up breaking.

25 hp is where I will keep it at. I have found out that except for case size and displacement. Most of the engine and transmission internals also were installed in the 1310/1510 tractors so I should have no issues with breakage.

Jay

 

[rancherogt]

At what PTO RPM was the 25 hp observed?

The 1210 ran down to 490/500 RPMs before it started to lose power on the dyno.

Jay

 

[Opti-Mist]

25 hp is where I will keep it at. I have found out that except for case size and displacement. Most of the engine and transmission internals also were installed in the 1310/1510 tractors so I should have no issues with breakage.

Jay

If you just continue to operate it as you did prior to the mod you will probably be OK. But, at 25 PTO hp you are almost to the 28 PTO hp of my 1920. The driveline components of your 1210 are not in the same league so tend to take it easy. Trust me on this and just enjoy having the worlds most powerful 1210 Ford FWD. That in itself is a lot of bragging rights. Cheers!

 

[powerstroke444e]

Looks sweet & can only emagine how it sounds. But I would watch the gauges as the temp will increase faster when your working it under full load. Would like to do that to with my kubota but I would just find something new to break or tear up.

 

[ohiokubota]

you might also want to put a boost gauge on there to make sure it never goes over your set limit because i have a fully built turbo charged crx and it sometimes spikes a little at the track and a spike can be bad on that little motor and since you boosted it you might also want to do your oil changes more often, tends to break oil down faster. but is the turbo water cooled or just oil cooled. the reason for this is, oil cooled turbos need a oil cooler so they dont burn seals up and water cooled turbos dont need this because water keeps them about 30% cooler than oil alone. so if it is oil cooled let it idle for about 4 mins before shutting it down to give it time to cool off. just a heads up