Ummm......440 Tractor anyone?

[Propwash]

Well, I guess a bit south of here, when Ol' Bessy's engine sh*t's the bed, there's always the Mopar option...lol One heck of a horsepower/TQ upgrade for that Farmall. Disc a field like a son of a gun




Farmall m with Mopar 440 ci motor
Recent Paint
$3500 obo

http://appleton.craigslist.org/grd/4322559115.html

 

[tallhair]

I have no need for a tractor but I'd love to have that one .. and $3,500 seems cheap even if it is a custom

 

[conv67bdere]

I sure could use a tractor, and the price on this one seems very reasonable . . . just a but worried about the tricycle setup on a tractor ( sigh )

 

[wedge69]

My kind of farming rite there !!

 

[2059]

Cool. Over the years I've seen a couple of these types of conversion done by farmers who have some spare time during the winter. The most memorable was; a high school friend of mine's dad, stuffed a Cheby 348 into a Allis Chalmers. he used it around the farm for the small work-a-day jobs. I think he got a bigger kick out of using it than my friend and me did. It was a torquey little tractor.

 

[tallhair]

My Dad would have loved that thing and may even have bought it too

 

[Propwash]

348 would make a good tractor motor...little torque monsters!

The Farmall C's and M's sell pretty cheap around here, especially south into more farm country. Stumbled on this one surfing for around for an old tractor w/loader for my land up north. Typical Farmall, Allis, Oliver, Case prices with loader are $2-4K. Pretty good considering a run of the mill lawn tractor will run you around $2K new. Just though this one was pretty cool, having a Mopar big block snugged up in her 60-70 year old chassis.

just a but worried about the tricycle setup on a tractor ( sigh )

Good for rowing crops and tight turns...Can get real dicey with a loader and non-experienced driver. Drove a couple narrow front tractors, working on the farm. Good machines, but definitely need to respect their limitations.

 

[Photon440]

Good price, but it sure looks like it will be loud!

 

[tallhair]

348 would make a good tractor motor...little torque monsters!

The Farmall C's and M's sell pretty cheap around here, especially south into more farm country. Stumbled on this one surfing for around for an old tractor w/loader for my land up north. Typical Farmall, Allis, Oliver, Case prices with loader are $2-4K. Pretty good considering a run of the mill lawn tractor will run you around $2K new. Just though this one was pretty cool, having a Mopar big block snugged up in her 60-70 year old chassis.



Good for rowing crops and tight turns...Can get real dicey with a loader and non-experienced driver. Drove a couple narrow front tractors, working on the farm. Good machines, but definitely need to respect their limitations.

I forgot about that .. you should buy it and slap some headers or magnum manifolds on it and run them up to stacks

 

[Richard Cranium]

But can it do what this one does?




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHl24QynOM

 

[Budnicks]

That's cool Prop

 

[Moparsmitty]

348 would make a good tractor motor...little torque monsters!

The Farmall C's and M's sell pretty cheap around here, especially south into more farm country. Stumbled on this one surfing for around for an old tractor w/loader for my land up north. Typical Farmall, Allis, Oliver, Case prices with loader are $2-4K. Pretty good considering a run of the mill lawn tractor will run you around $2K new. Just though this one was pretty cool, having a Mopar big block snugged up in her 60-70 year old chassis.



Good for rowing crops and tight turns...Can get real dicey with a loader and non-experienced driver. Drove a couple narrow front tractors, working on the farm. Good machines, but definitely need to respect their limitations.

No kidding Prop, I got a real tractor driving lesson from my Dad after I tipped our old Oliver over into a ditch. That was an *** kicking I've never forgotten. Luckily our neighbor had a dozer that was able to pull 'er out or I might never have seen the next day. Like you say, those narrow fronts are great for row crops but not much else.

 

[Propwash]

Glad to know you came out of that in one piece Moparsmitty. Damn Scary!

 

[Hemi Rebel]

But can it do what this one does?




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHl24QynOM

What do you think?

 

[Gpuller]

A guy that pulls in my area has a 440 in a M Farmall. At least when he built it he had a steel flywheel machined for it. Some that I've seen have just been adapted to the tractors stock cast flywheel that was only designed to turn 1200-1500 RPM, then turn it to 4-5000 R's?
When it was first running he told me it made 500hp, idles like a taxi, iron heads, Performer intake. OK, whatever you'd like to think.
Personally I wouldn't want to sit on it and run it down the track at 5 grand, I guess that's why stick with the slow John Deere's.

Here is what happens to 50yr old flywheels when they get spun too fast.

[video=youtube;Q99W4ggPCuo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q99W4ggPCuo[/video]

 

[snakeyes]

[video=youtube_share;4Yqr2WStYxc]http://youtu.be/4Yqr2WStYxc[/video]

 

[Richard Cranium]

What do you think?

What do I think? I set foot that death trap!!!

 

[ramenth]

I like the sound on this old flathead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEPxN0DcgZ4

 

[Gpuller]

Back in the day Funk was the name of the company that made conversion kits to put flathead V-8's and inline 6's into those 8N Fords.

This a little better video of the flywheel explosion I posted earlier, it shows more destruction at the end of the vid.

[video=youtube;y7gKbk0jyyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7gKbk0jyyM[/video]

 

[2059]

Back in the day all we used was Narrow Frontend (NF) tractors. Dad had an Allis Chalmers D15 with an NF and a bucket. It was a little dicey to operate at times. You had to pay attention. He/we also used to have an Oliver Super 88 diesel that, in the winter, he would build a small fire under the oil pan, on the barn floor, to warm it up enough to get it to get it started. what could go wrong???

348 would make a good tractor motor...little torque monsters!

The Farmall C's and M's sell pretty cheap around here, especially south into more farm country. Stumbled on this one surfing for around for an old tractor w/loader for my land up north. Typical Farmall, Allis, Oliver, Case prices with loader are $2-4K. Pretty good considering a run of the mill lawn tractor will run you around $2K new. Just though this one was pretty cool, having a Mopar big block snugged up in her 60-70 year old chassis.



Good for rowing crops and tight turns...Can get real dicey with a loader and non-experienced driver. Drove a couple narrow front tractors, working on the farm. Good machines, but definitely need to respect their limitations.