2012 - Volume #36, Issue #3, Page #39
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They Add Power To Old Tractors
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“All you should have to do with our kits is unbolt the stock manifold, bolt the turbo in, and you’re on your way,” says Mark Duddy, Keystone Turbo, LLC. “In a couple hours, you will have doubled your horsepower with a 15-lb. boost and only added 8 percent stress to your engine.”
Duddy got started with turbos when his dad Franklin gave him an old M Farmall to restore on his 16th birthday. Duddy wanted to add a turbo like his dad had put on a car at age 16. They decided to build one, and when others wanted one too, the business was up and running.
With 6 years under their belts, the father/son team has shipped turbo kits from Alaska to Texas and Washington to Maine. They now offer turbos for the Farmall M through the 450, the 6-cylinder 460 through the International 806, the Oliver 77 through the 1650 and the Allis Chalmers WC, WF, WD and WD45.
Prices start at $1,350 for stock engine kits for tractors being used around the farm. High performance kits for 6-cylinder engines being used for tractor pulling can range to $2,150. They include a bigger manifold, bigger turbo, 500 cfm/two-barrel carburetor and, if needed, water/alcohol injection kits.
“A 6-cylinder 265 to 301 cu. in. engine will produce 120 to 140 hp,” says Duddy. “With the two-barrel high performance kit, you are looking at 300 hp plus.”
The Duddy’s are working on high compression and low compression piston kits to add to their product line. Their goal is to have affordable products for both puller and farm markets.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Keystone Turbo LLC, 2128 Dayton-Smicksburg Rd., Smicksburg, Penn. 16256 (ph 814 257-8506; info@keystoneturbollc.com; www.keystoneturbollc.com).
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