Went pretty FAST today.

[Knucklehead]

The 465 in my M52A2 has a knock in the lower end and I am going to swap it out this week with a rebuilt one. I was wondering how fast I could get her up to, so I conducted a test. I pulled the air cleaner element, mixed 50/50 diesel/gasoline and upped the pump a tad. Took her out on a long stretch that has some low rolling hills and little traffic and mashed my foot down. Now remember I do not care about the engine in her! The speed built up quickly and so did the RPMs. At 3500 RPM I was doing 68 mph, my chase truck clocked the speed. The engine was extremely smooth and maintained power and no untoward problems were encountered. I ran at that speed for about two and a half minutes. When I got her home there was no increase in rod noise or any other noises noted. MULTIFUEL RULES!!!!!!
I also named the truck Kerri. Kerri was my daughters best freind who we lost to leukemia at age 11. Her favorite color was blue, that is the main reason I am keeping the truck blue, my tribute to a brave girl.
Sorry no pictures as I was kinda busy at the time.

 

[rmgill]

3500 rpm...... wow.....

 

[M35guy]

holy crap, 3500 rpm? you have more guts than I do.

 

[motorolanut]

Brave Soul!

 

[cranetruck]

Makes one wonder how the governor works, should be set at 2,900 rpm max...of course going downhill defeats it....

 

[Knucklehead]

Kerri has a direct in 5th tranny. I wonder what speed I would have obtained in OD. Governer was not operating at the time of the test.

 

[jh1990]

nice name, nice story behind it...wonderful tribute.