From: dan doig (opm@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 20:31:53 PST
have not bought one yet but soon .I will want to increase the power but want to make
sure i do it right i think a pirometer on the exhaust might help to keep a eye on
things here in canada it's a little cooler.I wish someone had a procedure list of
what or how to do it . working with what you got is better than trying to basterdize
a good thing .
jonathon wrote:
> >It seems that there is different bell housings that will mate the different
> >trannys to the engine .
>
> No, bell housing on engine is the same between 2-1/2 and 5 ton as far as I
> know. The 2-1/2 ton uses an adapter ring to reduce the SAE #2 to the
> smaller SAE #3.
>
> >I assume the 5 ton tranny is beafier and can handle more
> >power .
>
> You assume correct. One does not have to use the official 2-1/2 ton or 5
> ton tranny however. The beauty of the SAE standard is that most all truck
> tranny's use it. You could put a nice Spicer 610, 1610, or even a 910 ten
> speed on there. I don't know if it would fit a 5 ton as far as length
> meaning that you might have to move the transfer case back, but I would say
> for sure you would on a 2-1/2 ton.
>
> >The only thing is i have heard that their about 170hp or 210 or 250 and
> >I am not sure is it a continental or a cummings?
>
> >From what I heard the highest horse power LDS engine was right around 200
> and that was for the M656 8x8.
>
> > I know to many changing the
> >engine to other than stock oem is a taboo but here in canada were not that big
> >into military vehicals or at least knowbuddy sells them here other than the odd
> >one once in a blue moon that shows up.
>
> I'm not a purist, unless it's something rare, which any of these trucks are
> not. A tastefully done repower is nothing I look down on. An untastefull
> repower I do, such as putting some V8 race engine in there with all the
> chrome and crap that usually acompanies them, now that would be worthy of a
> laugh at least.
>
> > I wonder if a rad shop built a multi
> >core rad if it would take care of the heat generated by this bigger engine.
>
> Perhaps a new or recored rad to start with and then do something along the
> lines of a better fan or even add an electric fan with manual switch for
> those really warm moments.
>
> >The
> >main thing is to cost efectivly put some power into a 2.5 ton without blowing
> >the budget since you can buy used tranys and engine for around 2500. and if you
> >had to change it anyways why not.
>
> Do you have a truck already? Or thinking about getting one?
>
> >Also have you heard about a m656 it supposably
> >had a high output LDS465 .Iwonder what made that engine different from the
> >standard engines in them.
>
> I think I'm the one that mentioned that a few days ago. Basically, in
> general that is, you increase fuel delivery rate and you play with the
> turbo. The first is no big deal but perhaps take the pump to a pump shop and
> have them actually set it for the max rate you want, the second would take
> finding a turbo expert and that I ain't. You could call Majestic Turbo in
> Waco Texas, they have done rebuilts for me, not sure if they have someone
> qaulified to engineer stuff on staff or not.
>
> later,
>
> je
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