IH Cub Cadet Pulling and Hot Rodding

[dvogt]

Balencing was done on the cranks . flywheels are all the same. you will need to change the bearing plate also.

the kohler carb refernce manual calls them all 1 inch carbs, that does not refer to the venturi though. the 26 is about 3/4 inch. there are actually seperate carbs for a 14 & 16. the #30 was available in a 15/16 venturi & a 1 inch venturi.

 

[kehrecke]

Don:
Thanks - I'd need to change the bearing plate to get the notch for the starter bendix, right.

Would there be any value to putting a #30 carb on a 10hp engine spinning roughly stock rpms?

thanks,
Keith

 

[sblunier]

Keith,

When I asked Don about putting a 15/16" or a 1" #30 on my 14hp he said that the smaller venturi will produce SLIGHTLY better torque on the dyno at under 4000rpm. In light of that, I'd say stick to the 3/4" on the 10hp......bigger isn't always better.

Just my $.02........Don will correct me if I'm wrong

 

[kehrecke]

Thanks, Steve.
I was of the mind that there wasn't much of an advantage to adding "carb" to stock engine. The point's moot anyway. I bought a 149 last night that will donate its K321 (with some conversion) to the 1000 gear drive. It'll be plenty of power without the gawd-awful shake that the K341's bring to the party.
Keith

 

[jwoods]

Whats up everybody.I am new here.I live in kentucky.I own and pull a 12hp cub.I Just had it painted and I put some decals on it and I rebulit the motor in it.

 

[dvogt]

not much Jonah , what class do you run ? stock or SA? or?

 

[jwoods]

i run stock class

 

[jwoods]

i will try to post some pics sometime

 

[kweimann]

Don,
Re: Kohler Valve Springs.

I'm buttoning up a K301 out of a 112 Green machine and noticed that the valve springs were very weak. Upon further investigation, I noticed that these springs were about 1 coil shorter than all the rest I had in my arsenal. Then I figured it was due to them both having rotators (to make up for the added height of a rotator retainer). But the spring pressure was way too low, I could compress the springs by my finger enough to install the locks! I said no way and put in a set of stock springs I had laying around. Are the springs that are used with rotators supposed to be that weak? I figured you might get valve float at higher rpm's with such weak springs, and not such a great seal against the seats. Any words of advise? Thanks, Kenny.

 

[dvogt]

Kenny I don't think at stock RPM's it really matters. I've shortend valve springs in a couple stockers to reduce the spring tension for less rotating friction. can't say I saw them float. I think a stock spring is usually good till around 5000 RPM's. thats about where a stock engine starts to peak out on revs if it stays toether;-)

 

[jwoods]

My neighbor has like 4-20hp pulling mowers and one of them has v cut tires on it.Do they have more traction or something than the stardard tractor cut tires? thanx

 

[jwoods]

oh and one more thing would they work on my 12hp pulling mower?

 

[dvogt]

What are you running now? for most stockers a 26x12x12 firestone is a pretty good choice but if you want more traction the Cepeks will give you that. if you measure a firestone they are not that close to the advirtised size. the Cepeks are pretty darn close

 

[jwoods]

I am running Carlisle 26x12.Is there anything wrong with them?

 

[dvogt]

they are not what I would consider the best tire available. Firestones are genereally a better tire when you are talking about comercially available non professional tires.

 

[dfrisk]

DON - You & I have agreed on tires 100% in the past, I have 26-12.00X12 Carlisle's on My 982 and for mowing the lawn they're O-K, but I sure wish I'd win the Lottery so I could buy some Firestones for it! The Carlisle's have about a 23 Deg. angle lug and they're barely 1/2" tall and there's about 4-6 too few lugs on each tire. Stiff carcass, lugs spaced too far apart. They even ride rough and make the whole tractor shimmy on concrete with only 4 psi in them. For straight pulling duty the CEPEK's save You hours & hours of grinding time getting the lugs "Vee'd" out.

 

[jwoods]

Are these the firestones you talking about?

http://www.firestoneag.com/tiredata/garden/gtr_fs_pm4ob.asp


(Message edited by jwoods on June 11, 2003)

 

[dfrisk]

That's them! Last time I priced a pair about a year ago I think they were $129 each. About double what I paid for a pair of 23-8.50 X 12 Firestone's at the same place about 2 years ago. You may be able to find them cheaper at Miller Tire,Tucker Tire,Cedar Rapids Tire, etc.

 

[jhanger]

M.E Miller Tire out of Wauseon, OH has 26x12x12 Firestones listed for 95 bucks a pop. This is out of their summer catalog which I recieved last week sometime.

 

[jwoods]

do they have a website jason?