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G-MAN
01-10-2003 16:56:31
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Re: 730 gas power (I am new to JD) in reply to John, 01-09-2003 18:12:47
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John, unless you have the time and money to really go whole-hog with your tractor, you might be better off keeping it relatively stock for the time being. I don't know what all performance parts are avaialble for the 730 gas, but whatever is available is going to be high dollar. It costs much dinero to build a Deere to run with the big dogs in Div IV and V, and you'll never be able to pull as fast as those Farmall, Minnies and Olivers. You're biggest advantage will be low-end torque and weight. Your 730 should have a creeper first gear (1.5 mph) that will allow even a bone stock engine to easily spin the tires in low gear. If I were you, I would start with a good tune-up and go from there. Check compression, adjust valves, rebuild the carb, check timing and the like to make sure you're getting all you can out of it. After that, things like recurved distributors, electronic ignition and other relatively cheap and easy mods will help you out some. I would think that with the above things and maybe some carb work and higher-compression pistons, you could probably get 70 horsepower out of that 730 pretty easily - maybe more. You're tractor has enough low-end grunt to enable you to weight it up heavy and pull in the heavy classes against tractors with much more horsepower. Good tires, proper tire pressure, proper weight placement, good track reading and driving will win you more pulls than all-out horsepower. I'm not saying that you can't go all out - anything is possible with enough money, and the sky is the limit when it comes to fancy parts and machine work. But I think you'll have a much more enjoyable time pulling with a relatively stock tractor that can win a lot of pulls without a bunch of time and money invested. At least I would, lol.
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