Can someone answer a question about pulling tractors?

[hodge]

A group from our church, and some family, went to the Field Day Of The Past yesterday in Richmond. We met up with Eric McCarthy, his lady friend, and his wonderful mother. It is a great event, and we enjoyed ourselves. Getting to meet and spend time with Eric and the ladies was just icing on the cake! Actually, the show was the icing. Eric is a great guy.
There were a couple of Internationals, slightly modified, that had ice coolers strapped to the side of the block. What is that for? We weren't sitting real close, so I couldn't tell if anything went into or came out of them. Any knowledge? Budget intercoolers?

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[Kytim]

your on the right track. its fuel related but means different things in different classes. But principally cooler fuel, high burn, more power. Some will be cooling fuel some the charge air.

 

[hodge]

Cooling the fuel would make sense- I would think that I would have been able to make out intake tubes going in and coming out of the cooler. Fuel lines would be much smaller.

 

[Kytim]

Some of the larger classes also run icewater in the block as well.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

OH YEAH I ment to tell ya Mark, they made an annoucement about the coolers being on the tractors. You were right the first time its to cool the intake down so the tractor doesnt over heat!

Well intake or intercooler but you were on the right track...

 

[hodge]

"You might be a redneck if you run a Coleman for an intercooler"...

 

[Kytim]

HaHa! Whats so funny is nobody would be able explain it to most true rednecks!

 

[hodge]

HaHa! Whats so funny is nobody would be able explain it to most true rednecks!

They probably think it's for an immediate thirst quenching...

 

[skeets]

Yeppers cool fuel,, we use to use a 3 pound coffee can filled with ice and the fuel line ran in a coil in side the can,, back in the days when you could street race and the local cops knew every one of us. Back then it was all naturaly asperated, didnt know nuttin about intercoolers or blowers

 

[Iowan]

ya Ive got one on an old Mopar dag car in the shed. Its not a coffee can, its blue and says Moroso on top.

 

[skeets]

Tell me you got a 426 Max Wedge sitting there ya just want to give to really good home Realy I would give a reallllly good home
I had that can hooked up in a 35 Plymouth coupe, some joker put a 392 out of an Imperial and torque flite in it,,, Wasnt the fastest thing around, and she never could do a Yanko,,

 

[Iowan]

Sorry Skeets just 500 inch 440, but I have a good friend that has an original condition 62 Dodge Max Wedge car in his.

 

[Kytim]

OHH!Serious engines.

 

[aquaforce]

Naw.... those are solid chunks of lead painted up like coleman coolers. They were cheating with weight.
LOL