98G's M818 acquisition and build....

[98G]

So.... I've got an M818 coming my way. I earned it. It's compensation for a truly ungodly amount of driving.

There's really not much left to do to it. The previous owner went through it rather thoroughly, and optimized it to suit his needs.

It has been equipped with turbo and pyrometer, 16.00R20s on early style HEMTT rims. I've got a pair of NOS hemtt seats with it to install, although the stock seats are ok.

The issue I see right now is the front wheel studs aren't long enough for the thick hemtt rims. PO knows this and included a complete set of longer wheelstuds. The rears are held on with just the thimbles. My intent is to take a set of 395s on LMTV rims with me at pickup, and just swap wheels and tires instead of trying to swap wheelstuds. The hemtt rims and 16's will go on my M925.

I'm all kinds of enthused about it. I intend to use it to tow the M129A4, and just general toy....

 

[red]

New highway tow rig or other uses?

 

[603hellmutt]

Who knows where this build will end up!

 

[Dwnorton1]

Road warrior style.

 

[wreckerman893]

Nice.......ya did good.

 

[MWMULES]

Nice my XM818 is my favorite big MV to drive and the only mods on it are G177's, M939 spare davit and seats.


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[71DeuceAK]

Congrats! Keep us posted!

 

[big block 88]

Very nice looking rig congrats. I would like to his plumbing on the turbo

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Congratz!

Standing by for your future build posts.

 

[jasonjc]

M939 spare davit and seats.

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Why didn't I think of that???

 

[silverstate55]

Sweet ride!! And another NHC-250 joins your stable!

 

[kubotaman]

Why is the air filter on the passenger side? Part of the turbo conversion?

 

[98G]

Why is the air filter on the passenger side? Part of the turbo conversion?

Exactly that.

I had forgotten all about starting this thread. Thanks for the resurrection.

 

[Buffalobwana]

I love that truck with the 16.00’s. It’s just sexy as anything!

How ‘bout some current pics?

 

[kubotaman]

More photos please. Especially of inside the cab and turbo set up

 

[98G]

By popular request ....















I'll take some pics of the interior and under the hood and add them.

 

[kubotaman]

Good looking truck. Why did you decide to keep the 1600 20s instead of putting on the 395s? Too bad you have to sell her

 

[98G]

Good looking truck. Why did you decide to keep the 1600 20s instead of putting on the 395s? Too bad you have to sell her

If I were going to tow the M129A4 semitrailer regularly, I'd want to put 395's on the truck and trailer both, in order to share a spare and in order to tow the trailer level.

But the 16's really appeal to me cosmetically, and also I acquired another XM818 on 11.00''s to tow the semitrailer with so I didn't see the need to swap these out.

I don't want to turn this into an extension of a for sale ad, but I'm selling it just to thin the herd. It isn't a "have to" situation fortunately . This one being the most highly customized with the most curb appeal made it the choice to go up for sale.

 

[162tcat]

How about some pics from under the hood? Curious to see how the turbo setup was done.


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[kubotaman]

If you still have the truck, would love to see the turbo set up. Thinking of turboing mine