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the fan clutch override that I think you are talking about is done by unplugging the time delay device that activates the cooling fan. This kills the acceleration, and top speed. We have tried this method on a number of occations, but to no avail. It actually works worse then when the fan is plugged in. The constant load on the motor doesn't help very much.

As for the modifactions to the truck. All have been given the green light by the brigade commander, as we are doing the work with the AMG techs that are working in our Bn motorpool. All of our data that is gathered from the different methods are sent to AMG to make the trucks better. They were never designed to do more then 55mph, but that is far too slow here. The water injection looks as if it will be a bit more envolved, and require too much maintance for the standard foot soldier to take care of.

The trucks that are turbocharged are easy to spot. When you open the hood there is a large black tube running from the airbox to the center rear of the motor, under the windshield. 99% of the N/A trucks are fed by a yellowish plastic intake tube that plums right into a verticle mounted throttle body, with the words "no step" written on it. The turbocharger is located just over the bell housing and the rear of the intake mani. It's a direct feed into the TB with no room for an intercooler. It would make some sence to help that out, but oh well. The exhaust is routed through a cat, and 3" plumbing. Although it has some tight bends, they are all done on a mandrel press, and quite smooth. As we have no facilities to do exhaust work, or most other custom plumbing here, that's right out. The water wetter, royal purple, and fan orignally pulled from a Ford Taurus 3.8L will be put in.

I will keep you informed on this.