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Re: 856 power up
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Posted by Nat 2 on January 15, 2007 at 06:03:54 from (64.80.110.27):
In Reply to: 856 power up posted by jsmall576 on January 14, 2007 at 13:30:22:
You adjust the amount of fuel being sent to the cylinders by the injector pump. On a diesel, more fuel means more power, up to a point. Once you get to the point where the fuel-air mixture is saturated, you need to add a turbocharger, or install a bigger turbocharger, to get more air in. You can keep doing the turn-up-the-pump, add-bigger-turbocharger dance until you're shoving so much air and fuel into the tractor, the engine explodes. This guy was probably just adjusting the injector pump to compete in different horsepower classes, if indeed that is the case. I've never heard of a farm tractor pull where they class by horsepower, though. I've only ever seen farm tractor pulls classed by WEIGHT.
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