New MF Compact Tractor sports V8 diesel

[Ncostello]

Well sort of. This guy, from overseas, decided to put a mechanical pumped Duramax on a Massey Ferguson small tractor to compete in some sort of pulling class. Lots on ingenuity in this considering it was a CR injection motor to start out life. Would be nice if they offered it as stock. Then I'd like it better than an Oliver Super 99 GM Detroit.



YouTube - MF Duramax diesel



Like the semi tractor too.

 

[TFucili]

That's quite a project. They did make some tractors that had Perkins V-8s in them IIRC.

 

[Rattler]

While your on a tractor subject, i was at the Natl. farm machinery show last week, and the thing that most impressed me was a new 42 ft. bush hog. It said a 250 horse tractor was min. to pull it. Randy:

 

[Bill Stockard]

That's quite a project. They did make some tractors that had Perkins V-8s in them IIRC.

Yep, you are correct. MF Model 1150 built between 1970 and 1972.

TractorData.com Massey Ferguson 1150 tractor information



Bill

 

[JUeckert]

international ,cat ,cummins ,detroit, and i belive perkins also, have offered v8 engines in various model bigger tractors. mainly back in the 70's era. saw a year or to ago a guy who took a 6. 2 and stuck in a ford, i believe it was. seen a 6. 9 in a cat dozer also. .

 

[Rattler]

There is a menonite farmer in my area that stuck a BT-4 from a bread truck in a 3600 ford, it flies. Randy

 

[Scrappy]

international ,cat ,cummins ,detroit, and i belive perkins also, have offered v8 engines in various model bigger tractors. mainly back in the 70's era. saw a year or to ago a guy who took a 6. 2 and stuck in a ford, i believe it was. seen a 6. 9 in a cat dozer also. .

The IH 1468 is the international with the IH v8 diesel in it.



and I have driven a 4010 powershift that had a 4bt re-power and it was extremley fast too! that is going to happen when you put a 3600 rpm governed engine in a tractor that originally had 2400 rpm max.

 

[HCannon]

MF had the 2775 that had a V8 (had one for a long time). It was a Perkins, 640 disp. , rated at 165 hp. They also had a 2875 and it was turbo with 190 hp. The motor was OK but everything else didnt hold together very good. I replaced it with a MF 4840 that has the Cummins 903 disp. rated at 210 hp. It has been a good one.

 

[Bill Stockard]

The IH 1468 is the international with the IH v8 diesel in it.

Yep, it was an International DV550 or a version of it. The earlier models idled on 4 cylinders and ran on 8. It was a disaster in medium duty trucks. The International 9-liter V8 was a redesigned version which was sold against with the CAT 3208 in Ford and GM trucks. Fortunately, the DT466 turbocharged inline 6 cylinder was introduced in medium duty trucks and the others are history.



When IH bought Steiger, they tried the IH V800 V-8 in Steigers for a while. The V800 wasn't reliable and was eventually replaced with Cummins.



Bill