Re: [MV] Cost of petrol

From: Erik Lundquist (lundq000@uwp.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 10 2005 - 14:22:39 PDT


test.

"Our country won't go on forever, if we stay as soft as we are now. There
won't be any America - because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take
our women and breed a hardier race." LtGen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller USMC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Jankowiak" <recycler@swbell.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Cost of petrol

> Anyone with some engineering experience consider commenting (just for fun)
> on the idea of converting something like an M35 to diesel-electric?
>
> Hmm. keep the engine, run it at 2000-2200RPM, put an alternator in place
> of the transmission, convert to DC, and a 200HP electric motor in place of
> the transfer case.. Make it work like a locomotive? A rail engineer told
> me that the diesel electric locomotive is the most fuel efficient way of
> moving things from one place to another.
>
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