Boosting power on an L4610 (Possibly just an adjustment?)

[Piston]

Gents....
Can I get more power out of my L4610? I don't have any emissions junk to worry about (that I know of?) and I was under the impression that I can't boost my power, but figured I'd ask here because....well.... It's obviously the place to ask :laughing:

I'm not expecting this to be super easy, even if it is possible, but I'm curious what may be involved if it IS possible (within reason).

If it's not "worth it", or would take and engineering degree, then I'll stay happy where I'm at right now.



Side note: I noticed my RPM gauge will not show full 540 RPM. For instance, when I pull my throttle all the way back to full throttle, the RPM gauge is a couple hundred RPM shy of my suggested 540 mark. Is this a simple adjusment? I may not actually be getting full 540 RPM, which of course would increase my power right there, not sure how much of a difference that last couple hundred RPM makes.

 

[Wayne64SS]

I like where this is going! I want to turn up my MX too. Is your L4610 turbo?

 

[Piston]

No it's not turbo. I'd love to get about 10 more hp to the PTO, although that's probably asking a little too much

 

[Wayne64SS]

Well this one is turbo.... since yours isn't you're not going to be able to turn it up as much. Does it haze now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWSIFyvdRw

 

[Piston]

What does haze mean?

 

[Wayne64SS]

A light haze is referring to the amount of smoke coming from the exhaust.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Gents....
Can I get more power out of my L4610? I don't have any emissions junk to worry about (that I know of?) and I was under the impression that I can't boost my power, but figured I'd ask here because....well.... It's obviously the place to ask :laughing:

I'm not expecting this to be super easy, even if it is possible, but I'm curious what may be involved if it IS possible (within reason).

If it's not "worth it", or would take and engineering degree, then I'll stay happy where I'm at right now.



Side note: I noticed my RPM gauge will not show full 540 RPM. For instance, when I pull my throttle all the way back to full throttle, the RPM gauge is a couple hundred RPM shy of my suggested 540 mark. Is this a simple adjusment? I may not actually be getting full 540 RPM, which of course would increase my power right there, not sure how much of a difference that last couple hundred RPM makes.

Just remember that with raising the HP, the longevity-reliability of your tractor will suffer. Face it, you really need to get that second machine. 85+ HP was it not?

 

[Piston]

Just remember that with raising the HP, the longevity-reliability of your tractor will suffer. Face it, you really need to get that second machine. 85+ HP was it not?

Yes Brian, your right. Unfortunately my bank account doesn't agree with you

I suppose they design these engines to run at optimal speed and power while keeping reliability a priority. There is probably a reason I have the power I do.

I get confused though looking at the different power output options of the same exact model tractors. They are all using the same base engine, so you'd think it wouldn't be hard to get more power, but I know it's not that easy.

 

[Wayne64SS]

Yes Brian, your right. Unfortunately my bank account doesn't agree with you

I suppose they design these engines to run at optimal speed and power while keeping reliability a priority. There is probably a reason I have the power I do.

I get confused though looking at the different power output options of the same exact model tractors. They are all using the same base engine, so you'd think it wouldn't be hard to get more power, but I know it's not that easy.

You're actually right on the money here. It IS that easy. Lots of companies do this, and it's not like the bigger tractor with more HP has a shorter warranty. There's no reason you can't safely increase the HP of your engine to match the highest published rating of the same engine (you can probably go farther even). Whether or not the rest of the tractor is up to it is another story. I wouldn't worry about it though, there's a lot of safety margin built into everything to account for all sorts of morons that buy these things.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I was just reading the other day on another forum about this same thing. Different HP out of the same engines. While they all met the warranty time frames, they did not all last the same amount of hours. Sort of like these guys that get a gazillion HP out of an engine, for 5 seconds at a time. But that's all that is needed and everyone seems to be fine with it. Detune it so it only has half a gazillion HP and it would last much much longer.

Something that people don't think about is duty cycle. Most tractors are rated at 100% duty cycle that I know of, change how the tractor is set up and that duty cycle suffers. That's not to say that everything would not be fine for you, but something has to go in the opposite direction.