From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 09 2005 - 08:36:00 PDT
Interesting you should mention that.
Here is a link to the project to repower the HMMWV
fleet has good info on requirements there.
http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/majorsys/hmmwvrepower/hmmwvrepower.htm
Rick
--- "Mark J. Blair, NF6X" <nf6x@nf6x.net> wrote:
> Do any of y'all know where I could find some
> design-related information
> about the engines in my various MVs? I'm looking for
> the kind of
> information that would be needed to specify and
> design an engine into a
> vehicle, such as:
>
> * External dimensions and weight
> * Mounting details
> * Output shaft and bell housing details
> * Power, torque and fuel consumption curves
>
> I've had little luck finding that kind of
> information so far, and the
> TMs don't provide enough detail there. I did manage
> to find an old
> Detroit Diesel brochure on eBay which provides much
> of that information
> for the 6V-53 and 8V-53, and I'd love to find
> similar stuff for other
> engines.
>
> The particular engines I'd like to learn more about
> are:
>
> * LDT-465/LDS-465 series
> * GM 6.2 liter V8 diesel
> * Detroit 3-53
> * 4A084
> * Onan diesel on my MEP-003A
>
> Those are engines that I have in my vehicles and
> generators. I'd be
> interested in information about other MV engines,
> too. I guess that
> details about the related transmissions and
> transfers would be
> interesting, too. If I can find enough
> not-copyrighted information to
> make it worthwhile, maybe I'll compile the
> information on my web page.
>
> This all started when I started wondering what the
> smallest vehicle I
> might be able to cram a Detroit 3-53 (or other
> 53-series engine) into,
> simply because I love the sound my Gama Goat's
> engine makes. :-)
>
> A related question: If an engine and transmission
> both are specified to
> have the same bell housing (i.e., SAE #2), will they
> generally mount up
> to each other easily, or can there be a lot of
> variation in shaft
> connection details that could make them not mate up
> well even if the
> bell housing bolt holes line up? I have almost no
> experience in this
> area. I have an old WW-II SAE handbook which lists
> standard SAE bell
> housing dimensions, but as I recall it doesn't
> describe
> shaft/flywheel/etc. details.
>
> Thanks in advance for any leads!
>
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x@nf6x.net>
> Web page: http://www.nf6x.net/
> GnuPG public key available from my web page.
>
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