Re: 6.2/5 diesels? Lot of talk of big electric


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Posted by Robert on Thursday, January 17, 2002 at 0:51AM :

In Reply to: 6.2/5 diesels? Lot of talk of big electric posted by Tim on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at 10:32PM :


The numbers (torque, hp) for the GM 6.2 engine may look good on paper, but in use with the CUCV's it was under powered. In the Blazer (M1009) model's they were good. In the pickups (M1008) though they were good under no load. Under load and the engine went blhaaaa. Maybe a turbo might have helped, but the Army (as far as I know) never used one. They went to the larger 6.5 after I left active duty so I cann't say from experience on how the 6.5's did. Also these trucks had the old TH400 transmission, so at highway speeds it sounded like the engine was ready to come apart. An automatic overdrive would have been a better transmission. Robert



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