Two Things about Diesel engines...

[MJPetersen]

Lay8n, Only in the most extreme circumstances of overloading could you possibly overheat the exhaust gases on a stock tractor. It would be so rare that you should not even worry about it -- unless you habitually lug the engine and watch the black smoke roll. The water temp is another matter and you should test your indicator light frequently and/or look at the temp gauge. But that is true of your car too, not just a tractor.

Mike

 

[Lay8neyetdaddy]

Thanks MJ, I'll tractor a little easier.

Being in commercial refrigeration, the compressor is the heart of the system,
and will shut down if it doesn't operate within certain limits. Pretty neat really

 

[patrick_g]

I have more hp on my stock Kubota L3410 than the tires can put to the ground for most things. BUT, 3-5 more hp would be nice when maxing out the loader plowing into a pile of spoils and the engine dies....

jb

Oh goody, I'm not the only one who kills the engine trying to flail away with the FEL a little too robustly.

About hot rodding a tractor... I sure didn't mean to upset anyone.

I do believe that normally aspirated diesel tractors, especially CUT's PROBABLY don't need a pyro. If that were not so then surely several models would come with one but I have never seen one stock. (Anyone else seen one on a stock CUT?)

Probably is not a scary word if you understand the context and when exceptions are reasonable. In the context of my "INFLAMATORY" comment, probably meant: most likely, odds are, in general, most usually, principally, under ordinary circumstances and such. I'm sure someone with a little thought given cold envision a scenario where a pyro might make sense on a normally aspirated CUT. Nothing leaps to mind.

My Dodge dealer doesn't like to work on my truck because it has too many after market mods. They aren't used to seeing much or any "trick" stuff. They were confused by my putting an earlier model intake manifold on to "lose" the California Special EGR garbage. They are also my tractor dealership and they don't mind working on my stock Kubota.

I apologize for whatever I said or how I said it that was taken as offensive. I prefer to not be misunderstood like that as I really do make it crystal clear if I am giving someone a hard time and this was not one of those occasions.

Oh, I do have a pyro m=on my slightly hot rodded Dodge and I want one on my 2008 stock Ford just because.

Pat

 

[MJPetersen]

I would like to add a turbo not because I need the hp, but because I like the sound and looks of a turbo. Like many of our small tractors I already cannot put all the hp that I have to the ground--wheels spin before I run out of power.

There was a guy that posted on the forums that had a YM1110 I think that had turbo'ed it and it was very interesting. If I were to turbo my little 1510D then I would put a pyro, but stock I am not doing anything that would heat it up.

I have a Ford Mondeo 1.8 liter turbo diesel car and a VW 1.9 turbo diesel van, so a Yanmar 1510D with a .9 liter turbo would feel at home!!

Ah the whistle/whine of a turbine is like music!!

Mike

 

[patrick_g]

Ah the whistle/whine of a turbine is like music!!

Mike

Mike (et al) I can get you that sound a lot cheaper and with no detrimental effect to the engine and driveline. When I was in the service I was in flight simulators. Among other effects we simulated were the various sounds of the aircraft. We had RPM dependent turbine whine, speed dependent slipstream noise, A/B etc. A not too complex electronic circuit with an input from your tach and the output piped to your headsets and YAHOO you got all the turbo sound effects you want!

P.S. You can do that for the potato potato potato exhaust note on a nice quiet BMW bike if you like to fantasize about being James Dean on a big bad Harley ego compensator model.)

Pat

 

[MJPetersen]

Ahhh! It just would not be the same. But if you properly size a wastegated turbo and limit boost to under 8 lbs you are not likely to hurt anything. Especially if you do not turn up the fuel.

Just the whine of spool up and down. Sweet!!

Mike

 

[schmism]

1) no
2) no .... mostly because i have an HST.... wether i have 30hp or 40 hp, my poor HST crys uncle at the same bypass pressure....

It MIGHT be usefull for PTO use, but it doesnt get me any more pulling grunt....

 

[plowking]

No,No. To add turbo to a diesel engine, do you have to adjust boost to compression ratio of engine? My 6.5 chevy diesel has a compression of 21/1 but I see aftermarket performance builders, especially marine engines, will lower compression to 18/1 and increase the boost. The turbo on my chevy doesn't have an intercooler, but my freightliner does. plowking

 

[MJPetersen]

plowking, You do not have to lower the CR when you add a turbo, however many engines that were designed for a turbo will have slightly lower CR often involving a dished piston. Reason space for more air and therefore more fuel can be injected and the result more HP.

mike

 

[Dascro]

This post is interesting to me because it seems the Kubota B7610 (rated at 24 hp) and the B2630 (rated at 26 hp) share the exact same engine. Since I own a B7610 I always wondered if there was a simple change that could be made to get the B7610 to 26 hp. Not for pulling or traction, just for pto.

Does anyone know how Kubota does this safely?

Dave