150 Hp Deere Garden Tractor

150 Hp Deere Garden Tractor TRACTORS Conversions 33-6-21 Pat Prom replaced the original 10 hp engine on his Deere 110 garden tractor with a Buick 6-cyl., fuel-injected engine. "It has 150 hp so it'll really go," says Prom. He installed a right angle gearbox behind the engine to drive the tractor's rear end. "I built it mainly for parades and for showing off," says Prom. "The big engine was a very tight fit. I had to stretch the tractor's frame 5 in. and raise the hood 4 in. I also had to move the gas tank back under the frame and move the battery back behind the tractor's rear end. "I call it my Big Bad John. I installed a pair of straight pipes off a Harley Davidson so the engine isn't all that quiet. It actually sounds like an airplane." The Buick alternator wouldn't fit under the hood so he installed a smaller one. He also installed a heavier 1 by 10-in. flywheel on the car's flex plate to give it more weight. And he installed 9 -in. wide wheels on front and 14-in. wheels on back - twice the width of the original tires - for added traction. "The rear wheels are off a Jacobson utility vehicle. I had to make an adapter for them to go from a 5 to 6-bolt wheel pattern. I kept the original front wheel rims but I cut and widened them 3 in. to make the new tires fit," says Prom. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Pat Prom, 12661 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, Minn. 55347 (ph 952 944-9266).

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