Turbocharger kits for tractors

Farmallb · Apr 19, 2014

I see them in the classified in page 57n at the bottom of Farm Collector.
Anyone have any knowledge of their worth or abilities??

Ron Anderson · Apr 19, 2014

Many years ago we put M&W turbo's on JD4020s. My experience was if you left the injector pump alone you got better fuel economy. You could get more power by turning up the injector pump but then you had cooling problems and to solve that M&W sold a bigger finned oil pan that helped keep it cool. We also added a extra radiator with electric fan. When all was said and done the best advice was if you want more power buy a bigger tractor such as a 4320.
It was common to put a turbo on IH 806s and they seemed to handle it better.

Donald Lehman · Apr 20, 2014

We had a 4010 with the M&W turbo on it. It turned around 120 hp. No extra radiator and no finned oil pan. Was great for hauling corn wagons and hay wagons, but on a forage harvester or tillage work you had to always run a gear lower than you had power to go or it would definately run hot. As stated above some tractors had a bigger safety margin built into the engines than others and gave better results with the kits. Sure was fun hauling 3 18 ft. kicker wagons behind that 4010 on the highways and hardley ever had to shift down for hills. Used to think it was fun to hook onto a forage wagon full of green corn and lite out in 7th gear and leave a 4 inch deep trench for a hundred yards! Pop tended to take a somewhat dimmer view of my antics. (smile)

Turbocharger kits for tractors

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