FarmHills53565
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I was looking around the shed and it dawned on me I have enough parts to build a 450 with an M&W 326 engine and 18.4x38 Firestone Field & Roads. I have the steering shaft to build it without power steering and a Super M distributor drive to leave off the hydraulics. If I switch it to press steel can I get into 5500? I know we pulled one years ago in 5500 with all the weights removed and one fender removed, but it had 13.6 tires. I am thinking that with the extras left off and the PTO removed, and a lighter set of rims widened out then it might be light enough to have a little weight up front. What got me thinking about this is that the tractor would, at 10% over stock RPM, go 3.3 in first, 3.5 in 2nd with the TA, and 4.1 in 3rd with the TA. This would give me a lot of options based on the track conditions for a 3 mph class. With the right governor and other "mods" I can get 70 hp out of a 281 with stock cam so I should be able to get 80 horse out of a 326 pretty readily. I am wondering what people's thoughts are?