Ih 706 d282 more power

Hi guys I know you guys will think I’m crazy, but I want to get some more power out of my 706 for pulling and just doing some not heavy plowing and hay and other farm chores I’m looking to put a turbo and turn up the pump a little bit is that possible out of the 282 and what do I need to do to the motor to get there I’m not planning on 150 horse just 100 or so and where can I find a turbo and kit thanks
 
Nobody makes a "kit" for a 62-ish year old tractor. You have three choices. First, you can wait around and hope someone parts out a tractor and sells the parts on Facebook Marketplace. Second, you can piece together something yourself, probably including fabricating intake and exhaust manifolds. Third you can hunt around salvage yards hoping to find a D282 that someone has put a turbo on in the past.

Honestly the best way to make a 706 into a 100HP tractor is to find an 806. Also honestly, 100HP is asking a lot of what is likely a well-used and fairly tired D282. Overhauls are expensive and parts aren't the best quality anymore, so you're best off babying and conserving what you have.

No doubt there will be people who tell you to swap in X engine, "Just put in a D358. Just put in a DT414. Blah blah blah..." Again, the tractor is 60+ years old. The last time any of these engines they recommend were made was 40+ years ago. It's not like they grow on trees and most of them are as tired and well used as anything you're going to find. It's a lot of work, a lot of expense, and a lot of time scrounging for parts to get the right combination of things to make these engines fit.

For example to do a D358 you need a bunch of parts off a rare late 706 with the D310, or a fairly rare 756 diesel, or a highly desirable 826. You also need to find a good D358, which was once easy because there were thousands of worn-out 815 combines out there with low-hour engines, but that was 40 years ago! Most of those combines are now Harbor Freight tools.

Perfectly good used tractors are plentiful enough these days, and will only get more so as the collector generation gets older.
 
Hi guys I know you guys will think I’m crazy, but I want to get some more power out of my 706 for pulling and just doing some not heavy plowing and hay and other farm chores I’m looking to put a turbo and turn up the pump a little bit is that possible out of the 282 and what do I need to do to the motor to get there I’m not planning on 150 horse just 100 or so and where can I find a turbo and kit thanks
The 282 is not an ideal candidate for a turbo. Cylinder heads are hard to find and as noted parts quality and in particular gaskets are not the best these days. It can be done if you just want to say you have a turbo equipped 282 in a 706 but there are better choices for everyday operation.
 
Hi guys I know you guys will think I’m crazy, but I want to get some more power out of my 706 for pulling and just doing some not heavy plowing and hay and other farm chores I’m looking to put a turbo and turn up the pump a little bit is that possible out of the 282 and what do I need to do to the motor to get there I’m not planning on 150 horse just 100 or so and where can I find a turbo and kit thanks
Here’s a place that get you a complete aftermarket kit that is bolt on, and they have good quality stuff. They might have one for a diesel you would have to give them a call???
Just hope this can help you.
 

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Unfortunately that's not a motor known for big power. With that tractor it would be more important to weight it correctly, because you are going to lack in the HP department and that's okay.

If you want something with more HP potential, the 361/407's work okay but the 414/436/466's work the best. Just my 2 cents.
 
I'm not that familiar with a 706, but when you start adding a lot of hp, you put a lot of extra stress on everything behind the engine that it wasn't designed for. It's only as good as the weakest part.

Pulliing isn't just hp, lots more to it than that. All the hp does no good when you loose traction. I've beaten a hopped up IH 560 with a John Deere G and a D21 Allis with a 4020 because they lost traction before I did. You'd be wise to pull it the way it is and learn from the other pullers. Most are willing to help and give you ideas how to get the most out of your 706.
 
Thanks guys the reason I’m asking for a way to get more power is because I’ve noticed multiple times it’s lacking power pulling things like a fertilizer spreader which we have pulled with a tractor the same size a lot. And this weekend I pulled at the local pull and it pulled about 150 feet and it powered out in low 3 with the torque back, and no rear weight and it powered out so I just want some help to find some more power, we have a 1850 Oliver which is bigger but not a lot bigger and it seems like it just keeps giving more power, do I need a turbo to get that little extra power?
 
I'd suggest finding someone with a dynamometer to learn what it is making now. Could be that it is running a bit weak due to any number of things associated with a tractor of that age that a simple refresh could remedy without the significant expense and complication of a turbo installation.

I wouldn't do too much comparison with an Oliver 1850 as that a substantially more powerful tractor that would have competed head-to-head with the 806.
 
A few years ago the announcer at one of our pulls told a joke. He stated that someone had left a Farmall dipstick on the scale. It was funny because all the Farmall pullers run Cummins, with the pumps pushing double the original amount of fuel. They are easy to find because there are many retired school buses with low houred Cummins in them.
 
Hi guys I know you guys will think I’m crazy, but I want to get some more power out of my 706 for pulling and just doing some not heavy plowing and hay and other farm chores I’m looking to put a turbo and turn up the pump a little bit is that possible out of the 282 and what do I need to do to the motor to get there I’m not planning on 150 horse just 100 or so and where can I find a turbo and kit thanks
Well lets start off with YOUR BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE . D 282 has ONLY 4 main bearings , next it is LACKING one head bolt per cylinder to hold the head down from added boost . and even just adding 15 Hp to it will let you explore how to change head gskts and replace head bolts . The D 282 was a after thought where hey lets take this GAS block punch it out to get a few more cube's make a indirect injection head with PRE CUPS and GLOW plugs and call this a Diesel . Way back when the 560 was king of the hill the lets add a turbo to it with home built kits and M &W kits and turn up the pump so we can now drag five bottoms in third in heavy ground . Yea this went well NOT . I had a buddy who had a nice 560 D and we put a M & W kit on his and LIGHTLY tweaked the pump so he had a WEEEEE bit more to run the new two row chopper and drag a 16 foot silage wagon on our humps and bumps . He had 92 pony's coming out the PTO . H3ead bolts were all rechecked valves adjusted and onto the chopper in good corn , even had the shinny new Pyrometer setting in the steering support so you could see it . Wide open second gear trowen a nice trail of black risen above the corn and running 900 to1000 degrees on the exhaust before the turbo and in the run zone on coolant Doing a fine job in a 20 acre field while my old 450 D was on the blower around 9 acres into the field the 560 all of a sudden looked like OLD FAITHFUL when she blew the FIRST head Gskt . The I H dealer was 2 and 1/2 miles east of Ernie's farm , Drop chopper and wagon in the field run down to dealer get new head gskt and valve cover gskt. tear tractor down while still HOT clean block check block clean head check head for cracks and flatness stuff tractor back together making a INDY Pit crew proud and back to chopping in under two and a half hours and around 9 -9 1/2 acres in there goes another head Gskt . IH dealer is now closed but this is back when they took care of customers as Pat lived just across the road . This time it was close to three hours and the sun had long since left the ball game . We set down and do some think drinking and we back it down to 80 Hp , now 560 lives longer much happier at that setting . If ya want to go play then stuff a 301 gas in it and build that . If you dead set on a diesel then go with a combine engine as they have no sleeves and are more cubic inch and look the same , BUT again they are not turbo friendly , like was said a TD 9 B ran a 282 factory turbo but here again they only gave a few ponys more then a non turbo and they were not a vary popular dozer soooooo finding one would be rare . My old 450 D non turbo would out pull the 560's with a turbo as it had more lest get down a get with this pulling thing , longer stroke bigger bore . Like i said build a 301 gas since a stock 301 gas was what 92-95 Hp STOCK then punch it out .060 look for a will fit piston that will increase compression , install bigger intake valves , have the Cam rebuilt and a grind to a power range where it will be running . do away with the head gskt and fire ring the block and use grommets for water and oil . do away with head bolts and stud the block . a carb change to a larger Bendix with a 2 and 1/2 to 3 inch throte , find a OLD GUY who knows how to rework a dist add some V P funny juice and then have some fun on a lot less green stamps .
 
Thanks guys the reason I’m asking for a way to get more power is because I’ve noticed multiple times it’s lacking power pulling things like a fertilizer spreader which we have pulled with a tractor the same size a lot. And this weekend I pulled at the local pull and it pulled about 150 feet and it powered out in low 3 with the torque back, and no rear weight and it powered out so I just want some help to find some more power, we have a 1850 Oliver which is bigger but not a lot bigger and it seems like it just keeps giving more power, do I need a turbo to get that little extra power?
Well if that 1850 was like every 1850 around here you can bet it is setting somewhere between 95 and 105 Hp . As between the two Oliver dealers from back in the day they were proving a Point that meadow green would out pull them other green ones in the field or on the track on Friday and Saturday evenings plus they had 358 Cu. in over your 282 . A 1650 was in a 706 class tractor and a 1650 would kick sand on a 706 282 a far better engine with seven main bearings better balance job smoother running . Back in 1970 the one Oliver dealer was trying hard to sell myself and my one buddy NEW 1750's with four bottom auto rest plows for 4850 bucks taking our two 450- D's in on trade , back then that was a lot of money 2000 more then a new car . Now they had more power then our 450's had at the somewhat stock setting , nice tractors smooth running handled nice easy on and off . We demoed them for three days talked about them wore out the pencil and a bunch of paper tryen to make the numbers come out . We kept the 450's
 
As was said, never a high HP engine, just a good reliable and economical one. Both of ours ran great and were quite good on fuel. The '65 was dead stock, and the '63 was turned up a bit as it was a plowing demonstrator, I would guess around 80-85 hp and dead reliable at that level. Not something I would use as a puller, an 806 is not that much heavier but more of a beast
 
Hi guys I know you guys will think I’m crazy, but I want to get some more power out of my 706 for pulling and just doing some not heavy plowing and hay and other farm chores I’m looking to put a turbo and turn up the pump a little bit is that possible out of the 282 and what do I need to do to the motor to get there I’m not planning on 150 horse just 100 or so and where can I find a turbo and kit thanks
tractor data shows the IH 660 has 95 hp it used the 282 engine you should be able to have your pump and injectors set to those specs
 
Yep, horsepower is a calculated number based on torque and RPM- spin it a little faster and that alone will gain a little "horsepower". There are surely other factors, but there are many engines out there that are the same size but running different RPM and different ratings
 
Yep, horsepower is a calculated number based on torque and RPM- spin it a little faster and that alone will gain a little "horsepower". There are surely other factors, but there are many engines out there that are the same size but running different RPM and different ratings
Just taking an engine and tweaking the governor to make it run faster than its rated speed will not achieve greater power since the torque would be dropping off faster than the speed is going up. This is very evident on a dyno power curve - above rated speed the power is dropping off. To make more power at a higher speed means you have to get the air and fuel in and the exhaust out faster which means the engine must be built for and optimized for that higher speed, typically at the expense of good power and efficiency at lower speeds.
 
tractor data shows the IH 660 has 95 hp it used the 282 engine you should be able to have your pump and injectors set to those specs
95 engine HP, 80 HP at the PTO.

As already suggested, it would pay to check over the condition of this engine by putting the tractor on a dynamometer to see what HP it is actually making. A compression test and a leak down test can reveal a lot too. The sixty year old tractor could simply be worn and in need of an overhaul.
 
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