From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 19:55:42 PST
but I have been warned sternly about that.. it's 50mph for me..
Bill & Bonnie Prestin wrote:
>
> 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
> > > >
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