One of the best things at PRI is a little room, tucked just off the main hall, that usually houses the first-time exhibitors or late entries. This year's "new arrivals" included an outfit called Midwest Supercub and Midwest Supercub's line of homemade, alcohol-burning, CNC-milled racing engines. For lawn tractors.
You read that right, kids- Midwest Supercub offers a variety of parts to make your lawn tractor the all-out fastest and baddest lawn tractor money can buy. You can get a trick carb and exhaust kit for your stock Cub Cadet tractor, or go all-out with one of these …
… that's a 90 ci, homebuilt engine called "the Brute". It's based on the Cub Cadet/Kohler Courage V-Twin architecture, but it's all CNC'ed and awesome and puts out nearly 220 hp on high-grade ethanol, and bolts up to a reinforced, Midwest Supercub-built tractor transmission that feeds power to a shortened Dodge Dart rear axle.
Really.
The big take-away from all this is that these guys are serious about tractoring- and they have put a ton of serious, Serious brainpower, math, and money into making damn sure their tractor tractors better than your tractor tractors. Or something. I have to admit, I don't really understand what this go-fast tractoring this is all about, but something inside my little gear head soul responds to it immediately. I must have one. Maybe two. I'll let you know if that happens.
In the meantime, why don't you tell us what you think of Midwest Supercub's go-fast lawn equipment in the comments, below.
from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com
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