Re: [MV] engine mods

From: DAS (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 12:07:17 PST


I have 2 M811 cab and chasis'. They come with a cummins250 and 5 speed. I
plan to put an allison from a 5 ton in one of them.Thay might be an easier
combo to find reasonably than the cat/allison for the A3. The National Guard
near me doesn't have many of those yet.Although if money is no object....

----- Original Message -----
From: "dan doig" <opm@sympatico.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] engine mods

> I heard the engines in the 5 ton dont have much more power and If I am
going to
> do it I want a noticeable gain.I still nead to do something with the
overdrive
> situation .I wonder if the trany in the 5 ton is the same as the one in
the
> M35A3's.
>
> Matt Mouser wrote:
>
> > Why don't you just do what the NG is doing to all the M35A2's they kept?
> > They convert them to M35A3's which is basically just taking the 5 ton
engine
> > and allison automatic tranny and swapping them in the M35A2. They then
put
> > on those huge super single radial tires, so I bet those suckers haul
ass!
> >
> > Just an idea,
> > Matt Mouser
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dan doig" <opm@sympatico.ca>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] engine mods
> >
> > > any one mod a m35 to get more speed or even change a tranny to get a
> > better overdrive from .79 to .70 is equall to 10mph
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