From: Stu Ellis (stuinnh@mvnut.us)
Date: Tue Nov 16 2004 - 09:13:31 PST
I've seen a M37 with a Gamma Goat diesel engine installed. Ran great! No
Mutts Yet.
"Stu"
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die"
MVPA #14790
1967 M151A1 Jeep
1964 M416 Trailer
1986 M1009 Blazer
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Dick
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:03 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] More on souping up a MUTT
Importance: High
How many of you will send me hate mail if I decide to put a small
turbodiesel in my '74 M151A2? :)
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buzz" <buzz@softcom.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: 15 November, 2004 21:37
Subject: [MV] More on souping up a MUTT
>
> Guys,
> The guy that had the work done on the MUTT has more money than he knows
> what to do with.
> The restoration work cost over $10,000 because in addition to the original
> restoration, he switched
> from a soft top with a ROPS kit to a hard top, then back to a soft top
> with ROPS kit. So drilled
> holes had to be filled then painted then redrilled again etc. Then there
> was another few thousand
> dollars in souping up work so we figure that the jeep has about $14,000 in
> it.
> So if a guy comes into your shop with a jeep and says, "put a V8 in it
> then call me when you're
> done" wadda ya gonna do, turn him down because it ain't gonna be "stock"?
> As R. Lee Ermey would
> say, "I DON'T THINK SO!".
> Some guys asked about fuel....I went out and got a 5 gal. can of aviation
> 100LL (low lead) and we
> put that in on top of a few gallons of regular but it didn't seem to make
> much difference.
> My friend tweaked the spark up and back then set it to where it ran the
> best during "performance"
> tests.
> I just thought you guys might be interested in the project.
>
> Buzz
>
>
>
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