Big T
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We already know the effect of gapless rings, but the golf ball dimples? Increasing mileage 25% and lowering EGT by 200 degrees?
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Snake Oil?
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Will L.
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Interesting. I know the dimples help air flow better in the manifold and head ports. One guy dimpled his exh manifold & up pipes and saw improvements.
Guessing someone tried pistons because- why not, and it works.
Guessing someone tried pistons because- why not, and it works.
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
Maybe Chris would want to test this on the 6.5's
Would you believe someone sent me a message yesterday, says the company is doing r&d with those pertaining to the 6.5 now....
Seems it would be a hard thing to prove with a idi motor.
Seems it would be a hard thing to prove with a idi motor.
SnowDrift
Ultra Conservative. ULTRA!
Would be a good business decision for the military if all of a sudden the HMMVW started getting better mileage. Not that uncle sam demonstrates that saving money means much.
Think of all the extra funding that would become available for other things like... ...take your pick.
Think of all the extra funding that would become available for other things like... ...take your pick.
Will L.
Well-Known Member
GEP doesn’t seem to interested in known improvements.
FYI, GEP has sold ALL P400 parts they had, no more anything p related.
Not confirmed but it appears the 6.x may be next to get axed...
Not confirmed but it appears the 6.x may be next to get axed...
Will L.
Well-Known Member
Yeah, Rubber duck bought parts and is having some components made so they can complete the last of the p400s to be sold as complete assemblies. Idk if there is any expected parts left over. I was really hoping to get a set of heads. I’m quite sure I can’t get an engine $$$
He is also the one who got those wazoo ds4. I was told they were using only db2 for testing, but they had some oddball ds4 that required a different computer and program iirc. This was different than the cat computer that was used in the 2004 hummers that went away from the normal ecm used in all other ds4 6.5.
There has been talk of a different engine for hmmwvs for some time. They also spent a lot of time at gep working on di heads and fuel system, not sure that came through or not.
Really sad that as soon as the 6.5 issues are understood and the p400 corrected most of it, they get pushed aside because the assembly line had quality control like a 1930’s assembly line allowing flashing everywhere and unbalanced components worse than any v8 gas engine ever made. SMH
He is also the one who got those wazoo ds4. I was told they were using only db2 for testing, but they had some oddball ds4 that required a different computer and program iirc. This was different than the cat computer that was used in the 2004 hummers that went away from the normal ecm used in all other ds4 6.5.
There has been talk of a different engine for hmmwvs for some time. They also spent a lot of time at gep working on di heads and fuel system, not sure that came through or not.
Really sad that as soon as the 6.5 issues are understood and the p400 corrected most of it, they get pushed aside because the assembly line had quality control like a 1930’s assembly line allowing flashing everywhere and unbalanced components worse than any v8 gas engine ever made. SMH
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93detroit
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You would think that since newer hmmwvs will get transferred to NG and reserve units as the Army replaces them, that GEP would continue building them to keep those units running until they are all phased out. The techs in those units know the 6.5 in and out and wouldn't have to be retrained in the most tense of times.