Help with a John Deere 2-53 rebuild

I'm wanting to build up a 2-53 to be used for tractor pulls only. Does anyone know of a tractor pulling engine builder that can build it up for me? I just don't have the time hardly anymore to be working on my 435 project. I'm always busy farming. Would anyone have suggestions were to start making power with a 2-53 Detroit diesel?
 
(quoted from post at 15:35:13 08/25/14) I'm wanting to build up a 2-53 to be used for tractor pulls only. Does anyone know of a tractor pulling engine builder that can build it up for me? I just don't have the time hardly anymore to be working on my 435 project. I'm always busy farming. Would anyone have suggestions were to start making power with a 2-53 Detroit diesel?

though not directly addressing your question, I found this

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72510

2-53 w/ # 35 injector= 34 hp @ 1800 & 36 hp @ 2000
w/ #40 injector= 39 hp @ 1800 & 41 hp @ 2000
w/ #45 injector= 41 hp @ 1800 & 45 hp @ 2000

and
http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84747
Leid Diesel, in Newville, PA

and
http://www.4btswaps.com/forum/showthread.php?10876-Common-Detroit-53-Series-questions-answers-and-info-Check-here-first!
 
My BIL said a 435 was at Cerro Gordo,IL last week and pulled in several classes. He just kept adding weight. He said it had lots of guts for a 2 cycle and LOTS of RPMs. He did not say who it was or from where.
 
(quoted from post at 18:35:13 08/25/14) I'm wanting to build up a 2-53 to be used for tractor pulls only. Does anyone know of a tractor pulling engine builder that can build it up for me? I just don't have the time hardly anymore to be working on my 435 project. I'm always busy farming. Would anyone have suggestions were to start making power with a 2-53 Detroit diesel?

N series sleeves and pistons.
C50 injectors
Blower seal upgrade
Swap rods to piston spray cooling rods
Upgrade valve springs and cam follower springs to the latest HD high pressure models. Good for 2550 fast idle.
Use rebuilt cam followers and send the cam to a shop with two stroke DD experience.
JD oval muffler.
Convert oil bath aircleaner to a dry filter.
Easy 55-60HP at 2400rpm
 

Thank you buickandeere. The info in much appreciated. I'm new on this forum and here to learn all I can from those much more knowledgeable than myself.
 
(quoted from post at 15:05:46 08/26/14)
Also is it best to use standard timing or should I advance the timing if the timing gears?

Tell the cam grinder what you are doing and install it line to line "stock timing".
The two stroke is such a good breathing engine that the torque curve is flat. It's always at it's peak.
Then some clown walks in and praises his four stroke that runs out of breath near redline where the DD is still pulling hard.
The 435 needs a transmission speed halfway between 1st and 2nd.
 

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