Re: [MV] M35 top speeds, was [MV] FW: max speed m1a1 tank

From: Bill & Bonnie Prestin (bprestin@chartermi.net)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 13:14:12 PST


Wow, your Deuce goes 65MPH!!!

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <eccm@swbell.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 top speeds, was [MV] FW: max speed m1a1 tank

> wow.. and I thought cranking my M35 up to 65 once was haulin' butt.
> This makes me wonder.. The deuce diesel is governed at what, 2950 rpm?
> The published HP ts at 2650. So at what point is it bad for the engine
> to speed things up a bit? With less experience in diesels, and mostly
> with engines such as the pontiac 400 and 455, and chevrolet 305 and
> 350, I wonder about it.
>
> Doc Scheffler wrote:
> >
> > Ok, time for the old retired tanker to come back to life on the net!
> >
> > The M1 has a governor on it's engine to only allow a max speed of 42 on
the
> > M1A1. Reality is 40 down a road.
> >
> > Now then, the original M1 with the 105 mm gun was much lighter than the
> > current M1A1 in its many variations, and was governed at 45.
> >
> > The 40 on the current M1 isn't as easy to achieve,and the tank never
seemed
> > as agile and peppy as the original M1.
> >
> > When we were testing the M1 at Know in the late '70s, it could easily
> > achieve speeds in excess of 100MPH in a straight line on a hard road.
> >
> > Doc
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Bill Chambers <bchambers@hoovers.com>
> > > To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Date: 3/21/03 5:52:09 PM
> > > Subject: [MV] FW: max speed m1a1 tank
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ok,
> > > the published speed is 42 MPH road.
> > > I have heard they will surpass that.
> > > anyone have a real number?
> > > thanks,
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> > > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to
<mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> > > To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
> >
> > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to
<mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> > To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Wed Apr 23 2003 - 13:25:55 PDT