Re: [MV] engine mods

From: dan doig (opm@sympatico.ca)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 20:22:30 PST


I WONDER IF ANYONE HAS DONE THAT TYPE OF SWAP I HEARD THE OIL PAN WONT ALLOW IT
TO FIT AND THAT THE 250 WONT FIT BETWEEN THE FRAME RAILS AND IT IS A 3000LB
BLOCK .I ALSO DONT KNOW WHAT THE OVERDRIVE IS ON THAT AUTO.

DAS wrote:

> 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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