Hello guys I'm new to this form so I will tell you what I do first. My dad and I have been tractor pulling for about 25 years. We use to run a double engine 7200 lb. pulling tractor powered by Buicks. We were running the mark 118 cam, quadrajet carbs. This was a very low buck operation but it was also a very successful one. The Buick engines dissappointed alot of high doller chevy engines. We stopped pulling the double engine tractor many years ago and I continued to pull my mini tractor with a 302 alcohol injected ford in it. I few years back I took a 455 Buick and put it in the mini tractor and it ran great put I broke a rod bolt and ruined the engine so I stuck the ford back in. I'm now ready to put the Buick back in and need some help with the engine. I have the cool runner intake manifold, hypereutectic pistons , c118 cam , and a Flying toilet injection system. I was running this on the engine that the rod bolt broke on. I know I did not have enough compression for the methanol but it still ran good. I need to know what is the best way to go to build this engine to run a methanol.
Welcome to the V8Buick board! You'll have to post here, or let me know directly, if you ever get out to Fargo for any events. Sure would be cool to see a 455-powered tractor :eek2:
Very simular to any "race build", only with a little higher compression (13:1 or better), and a fuel system that flows like the Mighty Mississippi!:Brow: :Brow:
Alcohol will work with compression as low as 10 1/2 to one. For best performance 14.1 to 15.5 is ideal.
